Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Laos

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Laos was 68.96 years. A difference of +0.24 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Laos were 66.78 years and 71.25 years respectively in 2023.

You can see similar information for other countries.

The World Bank defines life expectancy at birth as "the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if mortality patterns at the time of its birth remain constant in the future".

The chart and table below shows the total, male, and female life expectancies of Laos for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Laos (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Laos (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	41.04	39.56	42.58
1961	41.34	39.93	42.8
1962	42.27	41.34	43.21
1963	41.54	39.76	43.42
1964	41.86	40.1	43.69
1965	42.22	40.36	44.17
1966	42.35	40.5	44.27
1967	42.87	41.07	44.73
1968	43.18	41.38	45.05
1969	43.46	41.67	45.3
1970	43.78	42	45.6
1971	44.12	42.34	45.95
1972	44.42	42.66	46.22
1973	44.73	43.02	46.47
1974	45.89	45.05	46.71
1975	46.15	45.35	46.93
1976	46.01	45.09	46.92
1977	46.41	45.49	47.31
1978	46.83	45.94	47.7
1979	47.46	46.58	48.32
1980	48.56	47.93	49.16
1981	49.24	48.61	49.83
1982	49.93	49.32	50.51
1983	50.49	49.88	51.05
1984	51.01	50.37	51.62
1985	51.58	50.9	52.22
1986	52.14	51.44	52.81
1987	52.6	51.8	53.36
1988	53.08	52.16	53.96
1989	53.59	52.52	54.64
1990	54.04	52.92	55.15
1991	54.7	53.57	55.83
1992	55.1	53.94	56.25
1993	55.58	54.36	56.8
1994	55.81	54.54	57.08
1995	56.34	55	57.69
1996	56.82	55.47	58.18
1997	57.3	55.91	58.7
1998	57.55	56.09	59.02
1999	57.87	56.42	59.32
2000	58.32	56.78	59.88
2001	58.89	57.23	60.57
2002	59.3	57.53	61.11
2003	59.64	57.65	61.71
2004	60.08	57.88	62.38
2005	60.69	58.41	63.07
2006	61.07	58.7	63.57
2007	61.69	59.3	64.22
2008	62.25	59.93	64.69
2009	63.02	60.73	65.43
2010	63.69	61.42	66.08
2011	64.51	62.25	66.88
2012	65.13	62.93	67.45
2013	65.72	63.57	68
2014	66.35	64.27	68.55
2015	66.69	64.61	68.9
2016	67.01	64.9	69.26
2017	67.35	65.25	69.56
2018	67.59	65.49	69.82
2019	67.91	65.78	70.16
2020	68.34	65.86	71.05
2021	67.81	65.66	70.07
2022	68.72	66.54	71
2023	68.96	66.78	71.25