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Laos People 1996

Population:

4,837,237 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

45% (female 1,084,615; male 1,111,928)

15-64 years:

51% (female 1,280,142; male 1,199,149)

65 years and over:

4% (female 86,390; male 75,013) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

2.84% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

42.64 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

14.28 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

99.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

52.2 years

male:

50.66 years

female:

53.81 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

5.98 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Lao(s) or Laotian(s)

adjective:

Lao or Laotian

Ethnic divisions:

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

Religions:

Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40%

Languages:

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

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1992)

total population:

50%

male:

65%

female:

35%

Labor force:

1 million-1.5 million

by occupation:

agriculture 80% (1992 est.)

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