Life expectancy at birth in Lao People's Democratic Republic is projected at 69.9 years in 2027: 72.3 for women and 67.7 for men, a gap of 4.6 years. 49,802 people are projected to die; 48.7% of them would be 65 or older and 10.5% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2027

Life expectancy at birth

69.9

Women

72.3

Men

67.7

Life expectancy at 65

13.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

26.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

32.8

Deaths

49,802

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.2

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

192

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

128

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2027's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2027

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	22.86	31.54	72.3	67.7
1-4	1.47	1.71	73.0	68.8
5-9	0.46	0.81	69.4	65.3
10-14	0.38	0.67	64.5	60.5
15-19	0.63	1.20	59.7	55.7
20-24	0.90	1.71	54.8	51.1
25-29	1.11	1.75	50.1	46.5
30-34	1.37	1.98	45.3	41.9
35-39	1.82	2.57	40.6	37.2
40-44	2.57	3.72	36.0	32.7
45-49	3.90	5.81	31.4	28.3
50-54	5.91	9.15	27.0	24.0
55-59	9.06	14.61	22.7	20.0
60-64	14.53	22.87	18.6	16.3
65-69	24.50	35.85	14.8	13.0
70-74	42.16	56.89	11.4	10.0
75-79	72.02	90.66	8.5	7.5
80-84	123.07	144.42	6.1	5.5
85-89	195.92	226.41	4.4	3.9
90-94	297.40	353.43	3.1	2.7
95-99	448.00	494.69	2.2	2.0
100+	582.65	631.43	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic by year

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2027

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