Laos
Infant mortality in Laos
Infant mortality in Laos: 207.3 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 31.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 31.7 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −175.6 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 41 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 3.7 per 1,000 live births
- UN projection (medium variant)
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 3.7 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 1 per 1,000 live births and 27.2 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Laos | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 31.7 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 32.7 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 33.8 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 35 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 36.2 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 37.7 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 38.8 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 40.4 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 42 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 43.6 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 45.5 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 47.3 | 35 |
| 2011 | 49.3 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 51.4 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 53.6 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 55.8 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 58.2 | 42 |
| 2006 | 60.6 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 63.2 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 65.7 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 68.3 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 70.8 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 73.5 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 76.1 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 78.8 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 81.4 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 84.2 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 87.2 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 90.2 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 93.4 | 62 |
| 1993 | 96.3 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 99.5 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 102.5 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 105.7 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 108.7 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 111.9 | 68 |
| 1987 | 115 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 117.9 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 120.9 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 124 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 127 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 130.1 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 133.2 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 136.5 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 140.4 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 143.5 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 146.1 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 148.7 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 150.3 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 152.4 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 154.5 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 156.7 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 158.8 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 160.9 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 163 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 165.2 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 167.4 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 170.7 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 172.1 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 174.4 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 176.7 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 179.1 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 181.5 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 183.8 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 186.2 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 188.7 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 191.1 | 120 |
| 1956 | 193.5 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 195.8 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 198.1 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 200.5 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 202.8 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 205.1 | 136 |
| 1950 | 207.3 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Laos | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30.323.5–37.7 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 2920.3–39.5 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 27.818–40.5 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 26.716.5–41.6 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 25.614.8–40.9 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 24.513.4–41.6 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 23.512.1–41.9 | 24 |
| 2031 | 22.511.5–41.9 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 21.510.3–41.6 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 20.69.5–41.8 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 19.89–40.8 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 18.98.2–41.2 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 18.17.6–40.1 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 17.47.1–38.6 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 16.66.8–38.5 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 166.3–38.9 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 15.45.8–38 | 20 |
| 2041 | 155.5–37.9 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 14.65–37.4 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 14.15–37.9 | 19 |
| 2044 | 13.74.6–38.5 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 13.34.5–38.3 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 12.94.3–38.6 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 12.53.9–37.7 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 12.23.7–38.5 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 11.83.6–37.5 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 11.53.5–36.7 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 11.13.4–37.1 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 10.83.2–37.2 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 10.53.1–36.6 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 10.22.9–36 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 9.92.8–36.3 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 9.62.8–35.2 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 9.42.6–35.3 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 9.12.5–35.9 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 8.92.4–34.3 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 8.62.3–34.3 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 8.42.2–34.6 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 8.22.1–33.6 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 7.92.1–32.4 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 7.72–32.3 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 7.51.9–31.5 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 7.31.8–30.8 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 7.11.8–30.6 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 6.91.8–31 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 6.71.7–30.7 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 6.51.7–31.1 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 6.31.7–30.4 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 6.21.6–29.6 | 13 |
| 2073 | 6.11.6–31.2 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 5.91.5–30.9 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 5.81.5–31.3 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 5.71.5–30.8 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 5.61.5–31.7 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 5.51.4–32.2 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 5.41.4–31.6 | 12 |
| 2080 | 5.31.4–30.1 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 5.21.3–30 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 5.11.3–31 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 51.3–30.2 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 4.91.3–29.2 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 4.81.3–31.2 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 4.71.3–31.5 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 4.61.3–31.3 | 11 |
| 2088 | 4.51.3–31 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 4.41.3–30.7 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 4.41.2–31.1 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 4.31.2–29.1 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 4.21.2–29.9 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 4.11.1–28.3 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 4.11.1–29 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 41.1–29.3 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 3.91.1–28.1 | 10 |
| 2097 | 3.81–28.5 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 3.81–30.1 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 3.71–28 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 3.71–27.2 | 9.6 |
Good to know
- Babies who die before their first birthday, per 1,000 born alive.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending0.19% of GDP in 2013
- Military spending in US dollars$21.8M in 2013
- Military spending per person$3 in 2013
- Military share of state spending0.8% of government spending in 2013
- Armed forces personnel129,000 people in 2020
- National power0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers4.08% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports7 million TIV in 2024