Life expectancy at birth in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 58.9 years in 2001: 60.6 for women and 57.2 for men, a gap of 3.3 years. 53,457 people died; 25.6% of them were 65 or older and 34.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2001

Life expectancy at birth

58.9

Women

60.6

Men

57.2

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

73.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

102.5

Deaths

53,457

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.7

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

309

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

256

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2001

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	69.42	85.74	60.6	57.2
1-4	7.77	8.18	63.8	61.2
5-9	2.19	2.31	61.8	59.2
10-14	1.71	1.74	57.4	54.9
15-19	2.53	2.71	52.9	50.3
20-24	3.34	3.87	48.6	46.0
25-29	3.83	4.11	44.3	41.8
30-34	4.41	4.67	40.1	37.7
35-39	5.14	5.74	36.0	33.5
40-44	6.14	7.50	31.8	29.4
45-49	7.75	10.10	27.8	25.4
50-54	10.76	14.37	23.8	21.6
55-59	15.11	20.69	19.9	18.0
60-64	23.13	30.77	16.3	14.7
65-69	35.58	45.70	13.0	11.7
70-74	57.38	69.59	10.0	9.1
75-79	92.11	107.63	7.5	6.8
80-84	146.90	164.67	5.5	5.0
85-89	221.73	248.90	4.0	3.6
90-94	335.74	375.66	2.8	2.6
95-99	461.61	512.19	2.1	1.9
100+	604.85	655.87	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic by year

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2001

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