Population and Ageing Around the World

Laos (LAO)

Tracking world statistics on Population and Ageing

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IndicatorValueRankYear
Total population7,769,8191022024
Total fertility rate2.4812024
Life expectancy at birth69.221592024
Population aged 65 and over4.671512024
Crude death rate6.19662024

What each indicator means

Total population
Number of people living in the country at mid-year, regardless of citizenship.
Total fertility rate
Births a woman would have over her lifetime at current rates. About 2.1 keeps a population steady.
Life expectancy at birth
Years a newborn would live if current mortality patterns stayed the same.
Population aged 65 and over
Share of the population aged 65 and over — the standard measure of population ageing.
Crude death rate
Annual deaths per 1,000 people. It rises with an older age structure, so it is not a measure of health on its own.

Where this country stands

For each indicator below, the country's figure is placed against all 217 countries and areas covered by the same source. The median is the middle value once every country is ordered by that indicator.

IndicatorValueRankMedianRanked 1stRanked last
Total population7,769,819 people102 / 2176,751,308 peopleIndia 1,450,935,791Tuvalu 9,646
Total fertility rate2.481 / 2171.9Chad 6.03Macao 0.58
Life expectancy at birth69.22 years159 / 21774.7 yearsMonaco 86.5Nigeria 54.63
Population aged 65 and over4.67 %151 / 2178.29 %Monaco 36.17Qatar 1.68
Crude death rate6.19 per 1,00066 / 2177.17 per 1,000United Arab Emirates 0.97Monaco 20.14

Countries ranked next to it: Sierra Leone, Hong Kong, Paraguay, Guyana, Botswana, Palestine, Haiti, Marshall Islands