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Life Expectancy in Laos vs South Korea (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 69.5 years in Laos vs 84.5 in South Korea. Laos is ranked 140/197 by life expectancy, and South Korea is 4/197. In Laos, the life expectancy is 67.3 years for males and 71.8 years for females. In South Korea, it's 81.4 years for males and 87.4 years for females.

Laos vs South Korea life expectancy at birth by year chart

Laos
Male

Female
South Korea
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Laos South Korea
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 38.9 38 39.9 22.2 17.5 34.6
1951 39.2 38.3 40.1 26.6 21 38.2
1952 39.4 38.5 40.4 36.6 31.7 42.9
1953 39.7 38.8 40.7 40.5 36.8 44.8
1954 40 39.1 41 46.1 43.9 48.4
1955 40.3 39.4 41.2 48.4 46.2 50.7
1956 40.6 39.7 41.5 50.2 48.1 52.5
1957 40.9 40 41.8 51.6 49.5 53.8
1958 41.2 40.3 42.1 51.8 49.5 54.3
1959 40.7 39.3 42.3 52.9 50.6 55.5
1960 41 39.6 42.6 53.8 51.4 56.3
1961 41.3 39.9 42.8 54.4 52 57
1962 42.3 41.3 43.2 55 52.7 57.6
1963 41.5 39.8 43.4 55 52.5 57.7
1964 41.9 40.1 43.7 55.3 52.7 58.3
1965 42.2 40.4 44.2 55.8 52.9 59
1966 42.3 40.5 44.3 55.4 52.5 58.7
1967 42.9 41.1 44.7 60.9 57.2 64.8
1968 43.2 41.4 45 60.9 57.2 64.9
1969 43.5 41.7 45.3 61.4 57.7 65.4
1970 43.8 42 45.6 62.2 58.5 66.1
1971 44.1 42.3 46 62.7 58.9 66.7
1972 44.4 42.7 46.2 63.2 59.3 67.4
1973 44.7 43 46.5 63.8 59.9 68
1974 45.9 45 46.7 64.2 60.2 68.6
1975 46.1 45.4 46.9 64.7 60.6 69.1
1976 46 45.1 46.9 65 60.9 69.5
1977 46.4 45.5 47.3 64.6 60.3 69.4
1978 46.8 45.9 47.7 65 60.5 70
1979 47.5 46.6 48.3 66.1 61.5 71.3
1980 48.6 47.9 49.2 64.8 60.5 69.7
1981 49.2 48.6 49.8 67.1 62.4 72.3
1982 49.9 49.3 50.5 67.1 62.5 72
1983 50.5 49.9 51.1 66.7 62.3 71.5
1984 51 50.4 51.6 68.1 63.7 72.8
1985 51.6 50.9 52.2 68.4 63.9 73.2
1986 52.1 51.4 52.8 69 64.5 73.8
1987 52.6 51.8 53.4 69.3 64.9 74
1988 53.1 52.2 54 70.2 65.7 74.9
1989 53.6 52.5 54.6 70.7 66.3 75.2
1990 54 52.9 55.1 71 66.8 75.4
1991 54.7 53.6 55.8 71.4 67.2 75.8
1992 55.1 53.9 56.3 72.2 68.1 76.4
1993 55.6 54.4 56.8 72.7 68.6 77
1994 55.8 54.5 57.1 72.9 68.8 77.1
1995 56.3 55 57.7 73.4 69.3 77.5
1996 56.8 55.5 58.2 74 70 78.1
1997 57.3 55.9 58.7 74.5 70.5 78.6
1998 57.5 56.1 59 75 71 79.1
1999 57.9 56.4 59.3 75.6 71.7 79.6
2000 58.3 56.8 59.9 76.2 72.3 80.1
2001 58.9 57.2 60.6 76.9 73 80.8
2002 59.3 57.5 61.1 77.2 73.4 81
2003 59.6 57.6 61.7 77.5 73.8 81.1
2004 60.1 57.9 62.4 78 74.3 81.6
2005 60.7 58.4 63.1 78.4 74.8 82
2006 61.1 58.7 63.6 79 75.4 82.5
2007 61.7 59.3 64.2 79.4 75.9 82.8
2008 62.2 59.9 64.7 80 76.3 83.5
2009 63 60.7 65.4 80.6 76.9 84
2010 63.7 61.4 66.1 80.7 77.1 84.2
2011 64.5 62.3 66.9 81.2 77.5 84.6
2012 65.1 62.9 67.5 81.3 77.7 84.7
2013 65.7 63.6 68 81.8 78.2 85.2
2014 66.3 64.3 68.6 82.4 78.7 85.7
2015 66.7 64.6 68.9 82.5 79 85.8
2016 67 64.9 69.3 82.9 79.4 86.1
2017 67.3 65.3 69.6 83.3 79.9 86.4
2018 67.6 65.5 69.8 83.3 79.9 86.4
2019 67.9 65.8 70.2 83.7 80.3 86.7
2020 68.3 65.9 71 83.7 80.3 86.8
2021 67.8 65.7 70.1 83.9 80.5 86.9
2022 68.7 66.5 71 82.7 79.6 85.8
2023 69 66.8 71.3 84.3 81.2 87.2
2024 69.2 67 71.5 84.4 81.3 87.3
2025 69.5 67.3 71.8 84.5 81.4 87.4

Life expectancy is the average age of death for a hypothetical cohort of newborns if they experienced the age-specific mortality rates of one particular year throughout their entire life. It is a snapshot reflecting mortality rates at a given year that does not account for any future changes in these rates.

Healthy life expectancy at birth, defined by the World Health Organization as the average number of years a person can expect to live in full health, is 60.4 years in Laos and 72.5 in South Korea. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 13.3 healthy years in Laos and 19.6 in South Korea.

Laos vs South Korea life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator assesses the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on the current age for both males and females in Laos and South Korea, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2025 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
43.4 vs 54.9 years

Mean expected age of death:
73.4 vs 84.9 years

Median expected age of death:
75.5 vs 86.7 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Laos South Korea
Male Female Male Female
40 97.7% 98.3% 99.6% 99.8%
50 93.0% 95.1% 98.4% 99.3%
60 82.4% 88.1% 94.9% 98.1%
65 73.3% 81.7% 91.2% 96.7%
70 61.1% 72.1% 84.8% 93.8%
75 45.7% 58.1% 76.5% 89.2%
80 28.6% 40.0% 63.3% 80.7%
85 13.5% 21.1% 45.4% 67.0%
90 4.1% 7.5% 25.3% 47.2%
95 0.6% 1.5% 9.1% 25.0%
100 0.0% 0.1% 1.7% 8.2%

Remaining life expectancy by current age

Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. An adult has already survived early-age mortality causes and is expected to have a longer lifespan than calculated from birth.

The life expectancy from current ages in Laos vs South Korea: 73.4 years vs 84.9 at 30, 78.8 vs 86.8 at 65, 85.8 vs 90.6 at 80 — significantly higher than the 69.5 vs 84.5 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in Laos and South Korea.

Laos
Male

Female
South Korea
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Laos South Korea
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 69.5 67.3 71.8 84.5 81.4 87.4
1 71.5 69.5 73.6 84.7 81.6 87.6
2 71.7 69.7 73.8 84.7 81.6 87.6
3 71.8 69.8 73.9 84.7 81.6 87.6
4 71.9 69.9 74 84.7 81.6 87.6
5 72 70 74.1 84.7 81.7 87.6
6 72.1 70.1 74.1 84.8 81.7 87.6
7 72.1 70.2 74.2 84.8 81.7 87.6
8 72.2 70.2 74.2 84.8 81.7 87.6
9 72.2 70.3 74.2 84.8 81.7 87.6
10 72.2 70.3 74.3 84.8 81.7 87.6
11 72.3 70.3 74.3 84.8 81.7 87.6
12 72.3 70.4 74.3 84.8 81.7 87.6
13 72.3 70.4 74.3 84.8 81.7 87.6
14 72.4 70.5 74.4 84.8 81.7 87.6
15 72.4 70.5 74.4 84.8 81.7 87.6
16 72.5 70.6 74.4 84.8 81.7 87.7
17 72.5 70.6 74.5 84.8 81.7 87.7
18 72.6 70.7 74.5 84.8 81.7 87.7
19 72.6 70.8 74.5 84.8 81.7 87.7
20 72.7 70.8 74.6 84.8 81.7 87.7
21 72.7 70.9 74.6 84.8 81.7 87.7
22 72.8 71 74.7 84.8 81.8 87.7
23 72.9 71.1 74.7 84.8 81.8 87.7
24 73 71.2 74.8 84.9 81.8 87.7
25 73 71.3 74.8 84.9 81.8 87.7
26 73.1 71.4 74.9 84.9 81.8 87.7
27 73.2 71.4 74.9 84.9 81.8 87.7
28 73.2 71.5 75 84.9 81.8 87.7
29 73.3 71.6 75.1 84.9 81.8 87.7
30 73.4 71.7 75.1 84.9 81.8 87.7
31 73.4 71.8 75.2 84.9 81.8 87.8
32 73.5 71.8 75.2 84.9 81.8 87.8
33 73.6 71.9 75.3 84.9 81.9 87.8
34 73.7 72 75.4 85 81.9 87.8
35 73.7 72.1 75.4 85 81.9 87.8
36 73.8 72.2 75.5 85 81.9 87.8
37 73.9 72.3 75.6 85 81.9 87.8
38 74 72.3 75.6 85 81.9 87.8
39 74.1 72.4 75.7 85 82 87.8
40 74.1 72.5 75.8 85.1 82 87.9
41 74.2 72.6 75.9 85.1 82 87.9
42 74.3 72.8 75.9 85.1 82.1 87.9
43 74.4 72.9 76 85.1 82.1 87.9
44 74.6 73 76.1 85.2 82.1 87.9
45 74.7 73.1 76.2 85.2 82.2 87.9
46 74.8 73.3 76.3 85.2 82.2 88
47 74.9 73.4 76.4 85.3 82.3 88
48 75.1 73.6 76.6 85.3 82.3 88
49 75.2 73.7 76.7 85.3 82.4 88
50 75.3 73.9 76.8 85.4 82.4 88.1
51 75.5 74.1 76.9 85.4 82.5 88.1
52 75.7 74.3 77.1 85.5 82.6 88.1
53 75.9 74.5 77.2 85.5 82.6 88.2
54 76 74.7 77.4 85.6 82.7 88.2
55 76.2 74.9 77.6 85.7 82.8 88.2
56 76.4 75.1 77.7 85.7 82.9 88.3
57 76.7 75.4 77.9 85.8 83 88.3
58 76.9 75.7 78.1 85.9 83.2 88.3
59 77.1 75.9 78.3 86 83.3 88.4
60 77.4 76.2 78.5 86.1 83.4 88.4
61 77.7 76.5 78.7 86.2 83.6 88.5
62 77.9 76.9 79 86.3 83.7 88.6
63 78.2 77.2 79.2 86.5 83.9 88.6
64 78.5 77.5 79.5 86.6 84.1 88.7
65 78.8 77.9 79.7 86.8 84.3 88.8
66 79.2 78.3 80 86.9 84.5 88.9
67 79.5 78.7 80.3 87.1 84.7 89
68 79.9 79.1 80.6 87.3 85 89.2
69 80.3 79.5 81 87.5 85.2 89.3
70 80.7 80 81.3 87.8 85.5 89.5
71 81.1 80.4 81.7 88 85.8 89.6
72 81.6 80.9 82.1 88.2 86 89.8
73 82 81.4 82.5 88.4 86.3 90
74 82.5 81.9 83 88.7 86.6 90.1
75 83 82.5 83.4 88.9 86.9 90.3
76 83.5 83 83.9 89.2 87.2 90.6
77 84.1 83.6 84.4 89.5 87.6 90.8
78 84.6 84.2 85 89.9 88 91.1
79 85.2 84.8 85.5 90.2 88.4 91.4
80 85.8 85.4 86.1 90.6 88.8 91.7
81 86.4 86.1 86.7 91 89.3 92
82 87.1 86.8 87.3 91.4 89.8 92.3
83 87.8 87.5 88 91.9 90.3 92.7
84 88.4 88.2 88.6 92.3 90.8 93.1
85 89.1 88.9 89.3 92.8 91.3 93.5
86 89.9 89.6 90.1 93.3 91.9 94
87 90.6 90.3 90.8 93.9 92.4 94.4
88 91.4 91.1 91.6 94.4 93.1 94.9
89 92.1 91.9 92.3 95 93.7 95.4
90 92.9 92.7 93.1 95.6 94.3 96
91 93.7 93.5 93.9 96.2 95 96.6
92 94.6 94.4 94.7 96.9 95.7 97.2
93 95.4 95.2 95.5 97.6 96.4 97.8
94 96.2 96.1 96.3 98.2 97.2 98.4
95 97.1 97 97.2 99 98 99.1
96 98 97.9 98 99.7 98.8 99.8
97 98.9 98.8 98.9 100.4 99.6 100.5
98 99.8 99.7 99.8 101.2 100.4 101.3
99 100.7 100.6 100.8 102 101.3 102.1
100 101.7 101.6 101.7 102.8 102.1 102.9

Odds of living to age in Laos vs South Korea

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 80.1% in Laos and 96% in South Korea are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 62.6% and 88.8% will live to 70 years or older, 32.2% and 71.6% to 80+ years, and 5.41% and 36.7% will live past 90 years old.

For longevity rates starting from an age other than 0, use the probability of survival to an age calculator provided above.

Laos
Male

Female
South Korea
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Laos South Korea
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 97.1% 96.7% 97.5% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
2 96.9% 96.5% 97.3% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
3 96.7% 96.3% 97.1% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
4 96.5% 96.1% 97% 99.8% 99.7% 99.8%
5 96.4% 96% 96.9% 99.7% 99.7% 99.8%
6 96.3% 95.9% 96.8% 99.7% 99.7% 99.8%
7 96.3% 95.8% 96.8% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
8 96.2% 95.7% 96.7% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
9 96.2% 95.7% 96.7% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
10 96.1% 95.6% 96.6% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
11 96.1% 95.5% 96.6% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
12 96% 95.5% 96.6% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
13 95.9% 95.4% 96.5% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
14 95.9% 95.3% 96.5% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
15 95.8% 95.3% 96.4% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
16 95.8% 95.2% 96.4% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
17 95.7% 95.1% 96.3% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
18 95.6% 94.9% 96.3% 99.7% 99.6% 99.7%
19 95.5% 94.8% 96.2% 99.7% 99.6% 99.7%
20 95.4% 94.7% 96.1% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
21 95.2% 94.5% 96% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
22 95.1% 94.3% 95.9% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
23 95% 94.2% 95.8% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
24 94.8% 94% 95.7% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
25 94.7% 93.8% 95.6% 99.6% 99.5% 99.6%
26 94.6% 93.6% 95.5% 99.6% 99.5% 99.6%
27 94.4% 93.5% 95.4% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
28 94.3% 93.3% 95.3% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
29 94.1% 93.1% 95.2% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
30 94% 93% 95.1% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
31 93.8% 92.8% 95% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
32 93.7% 92.6% 94.8% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
33 93.5% 92.4% 94.7% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
34 93.4% 92.2% 94.5% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
35 93.2% 92% 94.4% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
36 93% 91.8% 94.2% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
37 92.8% 91.6% 94.1% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
38 92.6% 91.3% 93.9% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
39 92.4% 91.1% 93.7% 99.3% 99.1% 99.4%
40 92.1% 90.8% 93.5% 99.2% 99.1% 99.3%
41 91.9% 90.5% 93.3% 99.2% 99% 99.3%
42 91.6% 90.2% 93.1% 99.1% 98.9% 99.3%
43 91.3% 89.8% 92.8% 99% 98.9% 99.2%
44 91% 89.5% 92.5% 99% 98.8% 99.2%
45 90.6% 89.1% 92.3% 98.9% 98.7% 99.1%
46 90.2% 88.6% 91.9% 98.8% 98.5% 99.1%
47 89.8% 88.1% 91.6% 98.7% 98.4% 99%
48 89.4% 87.6% 91.2% 98.6% 98.2% 99%
49 88.9% 87.1% 90.8% 98.5% 98.1% 98.9%
50 88.4% 86.5% 90.4% 98.4% 97.9% 98.9%
51 87.8% 85.8% 89.9% 98.2% 97.7% 98.8%
52 87.2% 85.1% 89.4% 98.1% 97.5% 98.7%
53 86.5% 84.3% 88.9% 97.9% 97.2% 98.6%
54 85.8% 83.4% 88.3% 97.7% 96.9% 98.5%
55 85% 82.5% 87.7% 97.5% 96.6% 98.4%
56 84.2% 81.5% 87% 97.3% 96.3% 98.3%
57 83.3% 80.4% 86.3% 97% 95.9% 98.2%
58 82.3% 79.2% 85.5% 96.7% 95.4% 98%
59 81.2% 78% 84.6% 96.4% 95% 97.9%
60 80.1% 76.6% 83.7% 96% 94.4% 97.7%
61 78.8% 75.1% 82.7% 95.6% 93.8% 97.5%
62 77.5% 73.5% 81.6% 95.2% 93.2% 97.2%
63 76.1% 71.9% 80.4% 94.7% 92.4% 97%
64 74.5% 70.1% 79.1% 94.1% 91.6% 96.7%
65 72.9% 68.2% 77.7% 93.4% 90.7% 96.3%
66 71.1% 66.1% 76.2% 92.7% 89.6% 95.9%
67 69.2% 64% 74.5% 91.9% 88.5% 95.4%
68 67.1% 61.7% 72.7% 90.9% 87.2% 94.8%
69 64.9% 59.3% 70.7% 89.9% 85.8% 94.1%
70 62.6% 56.8% 68.6% 88.8% 84.3% 93.4%
71 60.1% 54.1% 66.2% 87.7% 82.9% 92.6%
72 57.4% 51.3% 63.7% 86.5% 81.3% 91.8%
73 54.6% 48.5% 61.1% 85.3% 79.7% 90.9%
74 51.7% 45.5% 58.2% 83.9% 78% 89.9%
75 48.7% 42.4% 55.2% 82.4% 76.1% 88.8%
76 45.5% 39.3% 52% 80.6% 73.9% 87.5%
77 42.3% 36.2% 48.7% 78.7% 71.5% 86%
78 39% 33% 45.3% 76.5% 68.9% 84.3%
79 35.6% 29.8% 41.7% 74.2% 66% 82.4%
80 32.2% 26.6% 38.1% 71.6% 62.9% 80.3%
81 28.8% 23.5% 34.4% 68.9% 59.7% 78%
82 25.5% 20.5% 30.6% 66% 56.3% 75.6%
83 22.2% 17.7% 27% 62.9% 52.7% 72.9%
84 19.1% 15% 23.4% 59.6% 49% 69.9%
85 16.2% 12.6% 20% 56.2% 45.2% 66.7%
86 13.5% 10.3% 16.9% 52.5% 41.2% 63.3%
87 11.1% 8.32% 14% 48.7% 37.2% 59.5%
88 8.91% 6.57% 11.4% 44.8% 33.1% 55.5%
89 7.02% 5.05% 9.12% 40.8% 29.1% 51.4%
90 5.41% 3.78% 7.15% 36.7% 25.2% 47%
91 4.07% 2.75% 5.49% 32.7% 21.4% 42.5%
92 2.98% 1.93% 4.11% 28.8% 17.8% 38%
93 2.12% 1.32% 2.99% 24.9% 14.5% 33.5%
94 1.47% 0.87% 2.11% 21.3% 11.6% 29.1%
95 0.98% 0.56% 1.44% 17.9% 9% 24.9%
96 0.63% 0.35% 0.95% 14.8% 6.82% 20.8%
97 0.4% 0.21% 0.6% 11.9% 5.01% 17.1%
98 0.24% 0.12% 0.37% 9.46% 3.57% 13.7%
99 0.14% 0.07% 0.22% 7.32% 2.47% 10.7%
100 0.08% 0.04% 0.12% 5.52% 1.64% 8.17%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 2.9% in the birth year in Laos and 0.19% in South Korea, 0.16% vs 0.02% at age 30, 1.55% vs 0.42% at 60, and 10.5% vs 3.82% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in Laos compared to South Korea at any given age.

Laos
Male

Female
South Korea
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Laos South Korea
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 2.9% 3.29% 2.49% 0.19% 0.21% 0.18%
1 0.24% 0.24% 0.25% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
2 0.19% 0.2% 0.18% 0.02% 0.01% 0.02%
3 0.14% 0.16% 0.13% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
4 0.11% 0.13% 0.09% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
5 0.09% 0.11% 0.07% 0.009% 0.009% 0.009%
6 0.08% 0.1% 0.06% 0.008% 0.008% 0.008%
7 0.07% 0.08% 0.05% 0.007% 0.008% 0.007%
8 0.06% 0.07% 0.04% 0.007% 0.007% 0.007%
9 0.05% 0.07% 0.04% 0.006% 0.007% 0.006%
10 0.05% 0.07% 0.04% 0.005% 0.006% 0.005%
11 0.05% 0.07% 0.04% 0.005% 0.005% 0.005%
12 0.05% 0.07% 0.04% 0.005% 0.005% 0.004%
13 0.06% 0.07% 0.04% 0.005% 0.006% 0.005%
14 0.07% 0.08% 0.05% 0.006% 0.006% 0.005%
15 0.08% 0.1% 0.05% 0.007% 0.008% 0.006%
16 0.09% 0.11% 0.06% 0.008% 0.009% 0.007%
17 0.1% 0.13% 0.07% 0.009% 0.01% 0.008%
18 0.11% 0.14% 0.08% 0.01% 0.01% 0.008%
19 0.12% 0.16% 0.08% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
20 0.13% 0.17% 0.09% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
21 0.14% 0.18% 0.09% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
22 0.14% 0.18% 0.1% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
23 0.14% 0.18% 0.1% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
24 0.14% 0.18% 0.11% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
25 0.15% 0.18% 0.11% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
26 0.15% 0.18% 0.11% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
27 0.15% 0.18% 0.12% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
28 0.15% 0.18% 0.12% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
29 0.16% 0.19% 0.13% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
30 0.16% 0.19% 0.13% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
31 0.17% 0.2% 0.14% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
32 0.17% 0.2% 0.14% 0.02% 0.03% 0.02%
33 0.18% 0.21% 0.15% 0.02% 0.03% 0.02%
34 0.19% 0.22% 0.16% 0.03% 0.03% 0.02%
35 0.2% 0.24% 0.17% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
36 0.21% 0.25% 0.18% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
37 0.23% 0.26% 0.19% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
38 0.24% 0.28% 0.2% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
39 0.26% 0.3% 0.22% 0.05% 0.06% 0.03%
40 0.28% 0.32% 0.23% 0.05% 0.07% 0.03%
41 0.3% 0.35% 0.25% 0.06% 0.08% 0.03%
42 0.32% 0.38% 0.26% 0.06% 0.09% 0.04%
43 0.35% 0.41% 0.29% 0.07% 0.1% 0.04%
44 0.38% 0.45% 0.31% 0.08% 0.11% 0.04%
45 0.42% 0.49% 0.34% 0.09% 0.12% 0.05%
46 0.45% 0.54% 0.37% 0.1% 0.14% 0.05%
47 0.5% 0.59% 0.4% 0.11% 0.15% 0.06%
48 0.54% 0.64% 0.44% 0.12% 0.17% 0.07%
49 0.59% 0.7% 0.47% 0.13% 0.19% 0.07%
50 0.64% 0.77% 0.51% 0.14% 0.21% 0.07%
51 0.7% 0.84% 0.56% 0.16% 0.23% 0.08%
52 0.76% 0.92% 0.6% 0.17% 0.25% 0.08%
53 0.83% 1.01% 0.65% 0.19% 0.28% 0.09%
54 0.91% 1.11% 0.71% 0.21% 0.32% 0.1%
55 0.99% 1.22% 0.77% 0.24% 0.37% 0.12%
56 1.08% 1.34% 0.84% 0.27% 0.41% 0.13%
57 1.18% 1.47% 0.92% 0.3% 0.46% 0.15%
58 1.29% 1.61% 1% 0.34% 0.51% 0.17%
59 1.41% 1.76% 1.1% 0.38% 0.57% 0.19%
60 1.55% 1.92% 1.2% 0.42% 0.63% 0.21%
61 1.69% 2.09% 1.32% 0.47% 0.7% 0.24%
62 1.85% 2.29% 1.46% 0.54% 0.79% 0.28%
63 2.03% 2.49% 1.61% 0.6% 0.89% 0.32%
64 2.22% 2.72% 1.78% 0.68% 1.01% 0.37%
65 2.45% 2.97% 1.98% 0.79% 1.16% 0.45%
66 2.7% 3.25% 2.2% 0.92% 1.32% 0.54%
67 2.98% 3.56% 2.45% 1.04% 1.46% 0.63%
68 3.28% 3.9% 2.73% 1.13% 1.58% 0.7%
69 3.62% 4.27% 3.04% 1.2% 1.67% 0.77%
70 3.99% 4.68% 3.38% 1.26% 1.75% 0.83%
71 4.4% 5.12% 3.77% 1.33% 1.84% 0.88%
72 4.85% 5.61% 4.19% 1.43% 1.97% 0.95%
73 5.34% 6.14% 4.66% 1.6% 2.19% 1.08%
74 5.88% 6.72% 5.17% 1.82% 2.48% 1.25%
75 6.47% 7.35% 5.73% 2.09% 2.84% 1.47%
76 7.12% 8.05% 6.37% 2.41% 3.25% 1.71%
77 7.85% 8.83% 7.07% 2.76% 3.7% 1.98%
78 8.66% 9.68% 7.87% 3.1% 4.17% 2.25%
79 9.55% 10.6% 8.76% 3.46% 4.65% 2.54%
80 10.5% 11.6% 9.74% 3.82% 5.16% 2.84%
81 11.6% 12.7% 10.8% 4.22% 5.71% 3.18%
82 12.7% 13.9% 12% 4.67% 6.33% 3.57%
83 14% 15.1% 13.2% 5.2% 7.03% 4.03%
84 15.2% 16.4% 14.4% 5.79% 7.83% 4.57%
85 16.6% 17.8% 15.8% 6.46% 8.75% 5.19%
86 18% 19.4% 17.1% 7.22% 9.78% 5.9%
87 19.6% 21.1% 18.5% 8.06% 10.9% 6.68%
88 21.2% 23.1% 20% 8.95% 12.2% 7.55%
89 23% 25.2% 21.6% 9.92% 13.5% 8.48%
90 24.8% 27.4% 23.3% 11% 15% 9.51%
91 26.8% 29.6% 25.1% 12.1% 16.6% 10.6%
92 28.8% 31.8% 27.2% 13.3% 18.4% 11.8%
93 30.9% 33.9% 29.4% 14.6% 20.3% 13.1%
94 33.1% 35.9% 31.8% 16% 22.3% 14.6%
95 35.3% 37.8% 34.2% 17.5% 24.3% 16.2%
96 37.6% 39.7% 36.6% 19.1% 26.4% 18%
97 39.7% 41.6% 38.9% 20.8% 28.7% 19.8%
98 41.8% 43.6% 41% 22.6% 31% 21.7%
99 43.7% 45.5% 43% 24.6% 33.4% 23.8%
100 45.9% 47.4% 45.3% 26.2% 35.6% 25.6%

Death rate by age in Laos compared to South Korea

In Laos, the most common age of death is 79, compared to 89 in South Korea. The median age of death is 74.6 in Laos and 86.7 in South Korea — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Laos
Male

Female
South Korea
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Laos South Korea
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 2,902 3,294 2,490 193.1 207 178.4
1 235.5 229.8 241.5 20.1 19.6 20.6
2 180.5 188.4 172.1 15.2 14.8 15.6
3 139.9 155.1 123.9 12.1 11.9 12.4
4 110.2 128.4 91 10.1 10 10.2
5 88.7 107.4 68.9 8.78 8.83 8.73
6 73.3 91.3 54.4 7.91 8.07 7.74
7 62.6 79.2 45.2 7.34 7.59 7.07
8 55.5 70.6 39.7 6.84 7.15 6.52
9 51.3 65 36.9 6.21 6.53 5.87
10 49.4 62.2 36 5.43 5.72 5.12
11 49.8 62.1 36.8 4.86 5.13 4.56
12 52.2 64.8 39 4.8 5.14 4.45
13 56.8 70.4 42.5 5.09 5.53 4.62
14 63.4 79 47.1 5.71 6.34 5.03
15 72.1 90.6 52.8 6.69 7.62 5.7
16 82.4 104.7 59.1 7.95 9.26 6.56
17 93.5 120.1 65.8 9.34 11.1 7.5
18 104.6 135.5 72.3 10.6 12.7 8.42
19 114.5 149.2 78.4 11.6 13.9 9.17
20 122.8 160 83.8 12.2 14.6 9.69
21 129 167.5 88.6 12.5 14.8 10.1
22 133.1 171.6 92.9 12.7 14.9 10.3
23 135.6 172.8 96.9 12.8 14.9 10.5
24 137.1 172.2 100.7 13 15.1 10.7
25 138.3 170.7 104.4 13.4 15.6 11
26 139.6 169.4 108.2 14 16.4 11.4
27 141.1 168.9 112 14.8 17.5 11.9
28 143.4 169.9 116 15.8 18.7 12.6
29 146.8 172.4 120.4 17.1 20.1 13.5
30 151.3 176.6 125.1 18.5 21.8 14.7
31 156.8 182.3 130.4 20 23.6 15.8
32 163.2 189.2 136.4 21.7 25.7 17.1
33 170.6 197.2 143.1 23.9 28.5 18.7
34 179 206.3 150.7 26.4 31.7 20.3
35 188.3 216.5 159.1 29.2 35.6 22
36 198.9 228 168.4 32.7 40.4 24
37 210.6 241.2 178.5 36.4 45.9 26
38 223.7 256.3 189.5 40.6 52.2 27.8
39 238.4 273.6 201.5 45.4 59.5 29.9
40 255.1 293.4 214.7 50.8 67.8 32.3
41 274 316 229.6 56.4 76.6 34.7
42 295.5 342 246.5 62.6 86.2 37.5
43 320 371 265.8 69.5 96.5 40.8
44 347 403 287.5 77.1 107.8 44.6
45 377 438 312 85.2 120 48.7
46 410 477 338 94.4 133.6 53.3
47 445 519 367 105.7 150.3 59.1
48 483 564 397 117.6 168.1 64.8
49 524 613 430 128.3 185 69.3
50 567 665 464 139.6 203.2 73.6
51 614 722 500 152.8 224.6 78.6
52 664 784 539 167.1 248.1 83.3
53 719 852 581 185.2 276.6 89.8
54 779 926 627 208.6 313 100.2
55 843 1,005 676 235.2 354 113.5
56 911 1,090 730 263.5 396 128.8
57 985 1,180 790 293.3 440 145.8
58 1,065 1,273 856 328 487 164.8
59 1,149 1,370 928 365 538 185.6
60 1,239 1,470 1,007 403 593 207.5
61 1,334 1,573 1,094 451 658 235.2
62 1,435 1,680 1,190 510 737 271.1
63 1,543 1,792 1,296 569 821 310
64 1,658 1,907 1,412 642 922 360
65 1,783 2,027 1,538 741 1,049 431
66 1,919 2,150 1,675 852 1,183 515
67 2,059 2,276 1,823 952 1,296 598
68 2,203 2,404 1,981 1,026 1,377 667
69 2,350 2,531 2,148 1,079 1,433 724
70 2,499 2,654 2,321 1,123 1,476 772
71 2,645 2,772 2,496 1,168 1,524 814
72 2,786 2,879 2,672 1,239 1,606 875
73 2,918 2,975 2,844 1,363 1,747 982
74 3,040 3,056 3,009 1,529 1,936 1,128
75 3,149 3,120 3,166 1,726 2,156 1,301
76 3,243 3,167 3,314 1,947 2,402 1,498
77 3,319 3,191 3,448 2,168 2,646 1,702
78 3,374 3,191 3,564 2,376 2,871 1,899
79 3,401 3,160 3,654 2,567 3,071 2,089
80 3,392 3,093 3,708 2,735 3,246 2,278
81 3,341 2,988 3,715 2,904 3,409 2,479
82 3,244 2,844 3,665 3,083 3,561 2,697
83 3,099 2,665 3,555 3,267 3,705 2,937
84 2,912 2,460 3,384 3,449 3,838 3,197
85 2,688 2,235 3,159 3,627 3,949 3,466
86 2,437 2,000 2,891 3,793 4,030 3,732
87 2,168 1,758 2,593 3,925 4,060 3,979
88 1,890 1,514 2,280 4,012 4,029 4,192
89 1,612 1,271 1,967 4,046 3,936 4,356
90 1,342 1,034 1,663 4,030 3,775 4,468
91 1,088 813 1,379 3,960 3,550 4,521
92 858 615 1,117 3,829 3,281 4,498
93 656 447 880 3,641 2,957 4,406
94 485 313 672 3,402 2,584 4,253
95 347 211.6 493 3,122 2,188 4,027
96 238.3 138.3 347 2,817 1,802 3,738
97 157.3 87.4 234 2,486 1,439 3,382
98 99.7 53.4 150.8 2,141 1,109 2,979
99 60.7 31.5 93.2 1,797 823 2,552
100 0 0 0 1,475 445 2,223

The chart above shows the number of deaths by age and gender per a 100,000 cohort of newborns, illustrating the distribution of expected mortality throughout life.

Note that the graph above does not represent rates per 100,000 population, as this would be skewed by age distribution and reveal more about Laos and South Korea demographics than the death rate. It also does not represent rates per 100,000 people in an age group, as this would be just the probability of death.

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