| People | Laos |
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Population:
 | 6,834,942 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
 | urban population: 31% of total population (2008) rate of urbanization: 5.6% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
 | 30 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
 | 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:
 | total: 19.3 years male: 19 years female: 19.6 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
 | 2.316% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
 | 33.94 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
 | 11.02 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
 | NA (2009 est.) |
Sex ratio:
 | 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:
 | 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:
 | total population: 56.68 years male: 54.56 years female: 58.9 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
 | 4.41 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
 | 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:
 | 0.2% (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
 | 5,500 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
 | fewer than 100 (2007 est.) |
Nationality:
 | noun: Lao(s) or Laotian(s) adjective: Lao or Laotian |
Ethnic groups:
 | Lao 55%, Khmou 11%, Hmong 8%, other (over 100 minor ethnic groups) 26% (2005 census) |
Religions:
 | Buddhist 67%, Christian 1.5%, other and unspecified 31.5% (2005 census) |
Languages:
 | Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic languages |
Literacy:
 | 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):
 | total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 8 years (2006) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
 | 3% of GDP (2006) |
People - note:
 | void |
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