Life expectancy at birth in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 65.1 years in 2012: 67.5 for women and 62.9 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 49,304 people died; 40.0% of them were 65 or older and 21.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2012

Life expectancy at birth

65.1

Women

67.5

Men

62.9

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

47.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

61.4

Deaths

49,304

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.6

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

246

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

176

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2012

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	43.52	54.62	67.5	62.9
1-4	3.54	3.93	69.4	65.4
5-9	0.96	1.45	66.4	62.4
10-14	0.78	1.14	61.7	57.8
15-19	1.24	1.88	56.9	53.2
20-24	1.71	2.68	52.3	48.6
25-29	2.01	2.78	47.7	44.3
30-34	2.38	3.12	43.1	39.8
35-39	2.95	3.93	38.6	35.4
40-44	3.85	5.36	34.2	31.1
45-49	5.38	7.72	29.8	26.8
50-54	7.80	11.50	25.5	22.8
55-59	11.49	17.45	21.4	19.0
60-64	18.00	26.61	17.5	15.5
65-69	29.23	40.60	13.9	12.3
70-74	48.92	63.14	10.7	9.5
75-79	81.39	99.07	8.0	7.2
80-84	134.94	154.70	5.8	5.2
85-89	209.83	238.11	4.1	3.8
90-94	328.08	365.60	2.9	2.6
95-99	460.37	504.76	2.1	2.0
100+	611.21	653.51	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic by year

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2012

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