Nationality:
noun: Lao(s) or Laotian(s)
adjective:
Lao or Laotian
Ethnic groups:
Lao 55%, Khmou 11%, Hmong 8%, other (over 100 minor ethnic groups) 26% (2005 census)
Languages:
Lao (official), French, English, various ethnic languages
Religions:
Buddhist 67%, Christian 1.5%, other and unspecified 31.5% (2005 census)
Population: Age structure: Median age: Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization: Major cities - population: Sex ratio: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate: Life expectancy at birth: Total fertility rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Sanitation facility access: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases: Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Laos on this page is re-published from the 2013 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Laos People 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Laos People 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.
6,586,266 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 102
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years: 36.1% (male 1,198,980/female 1,180,800)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years:
21.2% (male 694,251/female 704,101)
25-54 years:
34.2% (male 1,112,528/female 1,141,476)
55-64 years:
4.7% (male 151,755/female 157,350)
65 years and over:
3.7% (male 110,451/female 134,574) (2012 est.)
total: 21.4 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male:
21.1 years
female:
21.6 years (2012 est.)
1.655% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 73
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
25.68 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 57
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
7.99 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 101
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-1.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 154
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population: 33% of total population (2010)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization:
4.9% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
VIENTIANE (capital) 799,000 (2009)
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
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 (2011 est.)
470 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 20
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total: 57.77 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 34
male:
63.68 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
51.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
total population: 62.77 years
country comparison to the world: 180
male:
60.85 years
female:
64.76 years (2012 est.)
3.06 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 60
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
6.5% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 92
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
0.272 physicians/1,000 population (2005)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
1.2 beds/1,000 population (2005)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
unimproved:
0.2% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 107
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
8,500 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 106
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
fewer than 200 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 111
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
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
(2009)
1.2% (2000)
country comparison to the world: 69
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
31.6% (2006)
country comparison to the world: 16
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
2.3% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 150
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
73%
male:
83%
female:
63% (2005 Census)
total: 9 years
male:
10 years
female:
9 years (2008)
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may habe the following issues:
a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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