Lao People's Democratic Republic Mortality 2023: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 69.0 years in 2023: 71.3 for women and 66.8 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 47,682 people died; 45.3% of them were 65 or older and 13.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2023

Life expectancy at birth

69.0

Women

71.3

Men

66.8

Life expectancy at 65

13.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

31.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

38.9

Deaths

47,682

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.2

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

201

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

136

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2023's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2023

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	28.38	36.66	71.3	66.8
1-4	1.79	1.95	72.3	68.2
5-9	0.55	0.92	68.8	64.8
10-14	0.45	0.75	64.0	60.1
15-19	0.74	1.33	59.1	55.3
20-24	1.04	1.88	54.3	50.6
25-29	1.25	1.91	49.6	46.1
30-34	1.53	2.14	44.9	41.5
35-39	2.01	2.76	40.2	36.9
40-44	2.79	3.95	35.6	32.4
45-49	4.18	6.10	31.1	28.0
50-54	6.26	9.53	26.6	23.8
55-59	9.50	15.11	22.4	19.8
60-64	15.15	23.56	18.4	16.1
65-69	25.44	36.80	14.6	12.8
70-74	43.63	58.28	11.2	9.9
75-79	74.32	92.68	8.4	7.4
80-84	126.61	147.33	6.0	5.4
85-89	200.90	230.40	4.3	3.8
90-94	303.82	358.97	3.1	2.7
95-99	456.07	501.12	2.2	2.0
100+	612.22	654.15	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic by year

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2023

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