Laos People - 2005

Population:
6,217,141 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 41.6% (male 1,300,094/female 1,289,227)
15-64 years: 55.2% (male 1,693,494/female 1,737,196)
65 years and over: 3.2% (male 88,744/female 108,386) (2005 est.)

Median age:
total: 18.74 years
male: 18.42 years
female: 19.08 years (2005 est.)

Population growth rate:
2.42% (2005 est.)

Birth rate:
35.99 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate:
11.83 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Sex ratio:
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: 0.82 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2005 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 85.22 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 95.04 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 75.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 55.08 years
male: 53.07 years
female: 57.17 years (2005 est.)

See also: Healthy Life Expectancy

See also: Health Performance

Total fertility rate:
4.77 children born/woman (2005 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.1% (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
1,700 (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
less than 200 (2003 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Lao(s) or Laotian(s)
adjective: Lao or Laotian

Ethnic groups:
Lao Loum (lowland) 68%, Lao Theung (upland) 22%, Lao Soung (highland) including the Hmong and the Yao 9%, ethnic Vietnamese/Chinese 1%

Religions:
Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40% (including various Christian denominations 1.5%)

Languages:
Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic languages