Born As · country file
If you were born in Lao People's Democratic Republic today
About 1 in 863 babies born in the world right now is born in Lao People's Democratic Republic (0.12%). This is what that life starts with — and you can live one, to the very end.
Life expectancy at birth67.9years · world 69.3
Children who die before five67per 1,000 births · world 48
Income per person$7,997a year, at local prices · world $13,616
Expected years of school11.2years · world 12.0
Life satisfaction5.1out of 10 · world 4.8
Live in cities40%world 52%
Mothers who die giving birth185per 100,000 births · world 239
Girls married before 1833%world 22%
- Out of every 1,000 babies born here, about 67 will not live to see their fifth birthday — 1.4 times the world average.
- A life here lasts 67.9 years on average — 1.4 years shorter than the world's 69.3.
- Income per person is about $7,997 a year at local prices, 0.59 times the world's.
Be born — maybe hereWhere you are born is drawn by real birth odds: today, 0.12% of the time it is Lao People's Democratic Republic.
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Sources: UN World Population Prospects, UN IGME, World Bank, UNDP, World Happiness Report, WHO, UNICEF. Some small territories use regional estimates.