The La-Mg system was critically assessed by means of the CALculate of PHAse Diagram (CALPHAD) technique. The solution phases (liquid, body-centered cubic, face-centered cubic, double hexagonal close-packed and hexagonal close-packed) were modeled with the Redlich-Kister equation. The intermetallic compounds, LaMg, LaMg 2 and La 2 Mg 17 were treated as stoichiometric compounds. The compounds LaMg 3 and LaMg 12 , which have a homogeneity range, were treated as the formulae (La,Mg)Mg 3 and (La,Mg)(La,Mg) 12 , respectively. A set of self-consistent thermodynamic parameters of the La-Mg system was obtained.