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Laos People 2007

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SOURCE: 2007 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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Population:
6,521,998 (July 2007 est.)

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.)

Median age:
total: 19 years
male: 18.7 years
female: 19.3 years (2007 est.)

Population growth rate:
2.37% (2007 est.)

Birth rate:
34.98 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate:
11.28 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

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.)

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.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 55.89 years
male: 53.82 years
female: 58.04 years (2007 est.)


See also: Healthy Life Expectancy


See also: Health Performance

Total fertility rate:
4.59 children born/woman (2007 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 65%, animist 32.9%, Christian 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.8% (1995 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.)


NOTE: The information regarding Laos on this page is re-published from the 2007 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Laos People 2007 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Laos People 2007 should be addressed to the CIA.



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