Lao People's Democratic Republic Mortality 2020: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 68.3 years in 2020: 71.0 for women and 65.9 for men, a gap of 5.2 years. 47,553 people died; 46.1% of them were 65 or older and 15.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2020

Life expectancy at birth

68.3

Women

71.0

Men

65.9

Life expectancy at 65

13.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

35.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

43.5

Deaths

47,553

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.5

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

202

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

135

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2020's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2020

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	31.85	40.19	71.1	65.9
1-4	2.01	2.37	72.3	67.5
5-9	0.62	1.00	68.9	64.1
10-14	0.51	0.81	64.1	59.5
15-19	0.82	1.42	59.3	54.7
20-24	1.11	1.94	54.5	50.1
25-29	0.91	1.32	49.8	45.5
30-34	1.17	1.55	45.0	40.8
35-39	1.72	2.25	40.2	36.1
40-44	2.65	3.62	35.6	31.5
45-49	4.16	6.07	31.0	27.0
50-54	6.46	10.07	26.6	22.8
55-59	9.97	16.86	22.4	18.8
60-64	16.05	27.58	18.4	15.2
65-69	26.63	42.93	14.7	12.1
70-74	43.62	65.38	11.4	9.4
75-79	67.23	97.10	8.6	7.1
80-84	111.22	149.70	6.1	5.0
85-89	235.70	304.64	3.8	3.1
90-94	357.63	465.06	2.7	2.1
95-99	508.72	595.20	1.9	1.7
100+	649.06	711.79	1.5	1.4

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic by year

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2020

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