Life expectancy at birth in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 55.8 years in 1994: 57.1 for women and 54.5 for men, a gap of 2.5 years. 58,164 people died; 20.9% of them were 65 or older and 44.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1994

Life expectancy at birth

55.8

Women

57.1

Men

54.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

93.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

134.3

Deaths

58,164

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.1

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

324

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

285

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1994's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1994

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	90.15	109.11	57.1	54.5
1-4	11.45	11.76	61.3	59.7
5-9	2.74	2.60	60.1	58.5
10-14	2.15	1.91	55.9	54.2
15-19	3.07	2.93	51.5	49.7
20-24	4.03	4.17	47.3	45.4
25-29	4.60	4.47	43.2	41.3
30-34	5.26	5.07	39.1	37.2
35-39	6.03	6.21	35.1	33.1
40-44	7.05	8.04	31.1	29.0
45-49	8.66	10.69	27.1	25.1
50-54	11.86	15.05	23.2	21.3
55-59	16.40	21.44	19.5	17.8
60-64	24.91	31.73	15.9	14.5
65-69	37.73	46.83	12.7	11.6
70-74	60.17	70.87	9.8	9.0
75-79	95.42	109.05	7.4	6.8
80-84	150.60	166.27	5.4	5.0
85-89	225.43	250.59	3.9	3.6
90-94	338.79	377.30	2.8	2.6
95-99	464.19	514.33	2.1	1.9
100+	602.95	656.30	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic by year

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1994

Year

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