Life expectancy at birth in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 60.1 years in 2004: 62.4 for women and 57.9 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 51,996 people died; 27.5% of them were 65 or older and 30.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2004

Life expectancy at birth

60.1

Women

62.4

Men

57.9

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

65.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

90.2

Deaths

51,996

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.0

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

312

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

236

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2004's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2004

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	61.60	76.41	62.4	57.9
1-4	6.42	6.91	65.3	61.4
5-9	1.87	2.32	62.9	59.0
10-14	1.46	1.79	58.5	54.7
15-19	2.19	2.76	53.9	50.2
20-24	2.92	3.94	49.5	45.8
25-29	3.36	4.20	45.1	41.7
30-34	3.89	4.76	40.9	37.5
35-39	4.58	5.85	36.6	33.4
40-44	5.56	7.63	32.4	29.3
45-49	7.15	10.25	28.3	25.3
50-54	10.01	14.54	24.2	21.5
55-59	14.19	20.87	20.3	18.0
60-64	21.82	31.01	16.6	14.6
65-69	33.95	45.98	13.2	11.7
70-74	55.17	69.94	10.2	9.0
75-79	89.23	108.10	7.6	6.8
80-84	143.45	165.21	5.6	5.0
85-89	217.99	249.46	4.0	3.6
90-94	332.11	376.17	2.9	2.6
95-99	458.66	512.49	2.1	1.9
100+	603.21	655.87	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic by year

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2004

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