| People | Laos |
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Population:
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6,677,534 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density:
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29 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 41% (male 1,374,966/female 1,362,945)
15-64 years: 55.9% (male 1,846,375/female 1,885,029)
65 years and over: 3.1% (male 91,028/female 117,191) (2008 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 19.2 years
male: 18.9 years
female: 19.5 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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2.344% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate:
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34.46 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate:
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11.02 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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NA |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 79.61 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 88.9 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 69.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 56.29 years
male: 54.19 years
female: 58.47 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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4.5 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis, and malaria
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2008) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.1% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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1,700 (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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less than 200 (2003 est.) |
Nationality:
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noun: Lao(s) or Laotian(s)
adjective: Lao or Laotian |
Ethnic groups:
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Lao Loum (lowland) 68%, Lao Theung (upland) 22%, Lao Soung (highland) including the Hmong and the Yao 9%, ethnic Vietnamese/Chinese 1% |
Religions:
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Buddhist 65%, animist 32.9%, Christian 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.8% (1995 census) |
Languages:
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Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic languages |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 68.7%
male: 77%
female: 60.9% (2001 est.) |
People - note:
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