| 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.) |
| 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.) |
| 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.) |
