| Population | 6,521,998 (July 2007 est.) |
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| Age structure | 0-14 years: 41.2% (male 1,349,352/female 1,338,252)
15-64 years: 55.7% (male 1,795,029/female 1,835,168)
65 years and over: 3.1% (male 90,188/female 114,009) (2007 est.) |
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| Median age | total: 19 years
male: 18.7 years
female: 19.3 years (2007 est.) |
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| Population growth rate | 2.37% (2007 est.) |
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| Birth rate | 34.98 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Death rate | 11.28 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Net migration rate | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.008 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.978 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.791 male(s)/female
total population: 0.984 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
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| Infant mortality rate | total: 81.44 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 90.91 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 71.56 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
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| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 55.89 years
male: 53.82 years
female: 58.04 years (2007 est.) |
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| Total fertility rate | 4.59 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
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People living
with HIV/AIDS | 1,700 (2003 est.) |
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths | less than 200 (2003 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Lao(s) or Laotian(s)
adjective: Lao or Laotian |
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| Ethnic groups | Lao Loum (lowland) 68%, Lao Theung (upland) 22%, Lao Soung (highland) including the Hmong and the Yao 9%, ethnic Vietnamese/Chinese 1% |
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| Religions | Buddhist 65%, animist 32.9%, Christian 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.8% (1995 census) |
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| Languages | Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic languages |
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| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 68.7%
male: 77%
female: 60.9% (2001 est.) |
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