| People | Laos |
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Population:
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6,834,942 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 31% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 5.6% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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30 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 40.8% (male 1,400,126/female 1,386,480)
15-64 years: 56.1% (male 1,898,995/female 1,936,892)
65 years and over: 3.1% (male 92,070/female 120,379) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 19.3 years
male: 19 years
female: 19.6 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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2.316% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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33.94 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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11.02 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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NA (2009 est.) |
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: 0.76 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 77.82 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 86.94 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 68.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 56.68 years
male: 54.56 years
female: 58.9 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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4.41 children born/woman (2009 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 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) (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.2% (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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5,500 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 100 (2007 est.) |
Nationality:
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noun: Lao(s) or Laotian(s)
adjective: Lao or Laotian |
Ethnic groups:
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Lao 55%, Khmou 11%, Hmong 8%, other (over 100 minor ethnic groups) 26% (2005 census) |
Religions:
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Buddhist 67%, Christian 1.5%, other and unspecified 31.5% (2005 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.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 8 years (2006) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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3% of GDP (2006) |
People - note:
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void |
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