Life expectancy at birth in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 60.7 years in 2005: 63.1 for women and 58.4 for men, a gap of 4.7 years. 50,805 people died; 28.3% of them were 65 or older and 28.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2005

Life expectancy at birth

60.7

Women

63.1

Men

58.4

Life expectancy at 65

12.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

63.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

86.1

Deaths

50,805

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.7

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

307

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

228

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2005's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2005

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	58.96	73.56	63.1	58.4
1-4	5.99	6.44	65.8	61.8
5-9	1.75	2.24	63.4	59.3
10-14	1.37	1.72	58.9	55.0
15-19	2.07	2.68	54.3	50.4
20-24	2.76	3.82	49.8	46.1
25-29	3.18	4.06	45.5	41.9
30-34	3.69	4.61	41.2	37.7
35-39	4.36	5.67	36.9	33.5
40-44	5.33	7.42	32.7	29.4
45-49	6.90	10.02	28.5	25.5
50-54	9.69	14.27	24.4	21.6
55-59	13.79	20.57	20.5	18.0
60-64	21.24	30.62	16.7	14.7
65-69	33.20	45.51	13.3	11.7
70-74	54.11	69.36	10.3	9.1
75-79	87.80	107.33	7.7	6.8
80-84	141.56	164.32	5.6	5.0
85-89	215.73	248.52	4.1	3.6
90-94	329.32	375.34	2.9	2.6
95-99	455.92	511.95	2.2	1.9
100+	599.84	655.87	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic by year

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2005

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