| People | Laos |
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Population:
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6,477,211 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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29 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 33% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 4.9% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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VIENTIANE (capital) 799,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 36.7% (male 1,197,579/female 1,181,523)
15-64 years: 59.6% (male 1,908,176/female 1,950,544)
65 years and over: 3.7% (male 107,876/female 131,513) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 21 years
male: 20.7 years
female: 21.3 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.684% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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26.13 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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8.13 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-1.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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580 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 59.46 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 65.49 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 53.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 62.39 years
male: 60.5 years
female: 64.36 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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3.14 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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6.5% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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0.272 physicians/1,000 population (2005) |
Hospital bed density:
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1.2 beds/1,000 population (2005) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 72% of population
rural: 51% of population
total: 57% of population
unimproved:
urban: 28% of population
rural: 49% of population
total: 43% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 86% of population
rural: 38% of population
total: 53% of population
unimproved:
urban: 14% of population
rural: 62% of population
total: 47% of population (2008) |
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% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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8,500 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 200 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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31.6% (2006) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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1.2% (2000) |
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, various ethnic languages |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 73%
male: 83%
female: 63% (2005 Census) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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2.3% of GDP (2008) |
People - note:
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