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Population:
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6,068,117 (July 2004 est.)
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 41.9% (male 1,277,152; female 1,265,761)
15-64 years: 54.9% (male 1,642,895; female 1,688,175)
65 years and over: 3.2% (male 87,995; female 106,139) (2004 est.)
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Median age:
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total: 18.6 years
male: 18.3 years
female: 19 years (2004 est.)
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Population growth rate:
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2.44% (2004 est.)
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Birth rate:
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36.47 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Death rate:
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12.1 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 87.06 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 76.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 97.05 deaths/1,000 live births
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 54.69 years
male: 52.71 years
female: 56.75 years (2004 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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4.86 children born/woman (2004 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.1% (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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1,700 (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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less than 200 (2003 est.)
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Nationality:
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noun: Lao(s) or Laotian(s)
adjective: Lao or Laotian
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Ethnic groups:
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Lao Loum (lowland) 68%, Lao Theung (upland) 22%, Lao Soung (highland) including the Hmong and the Yao 9%, ethnic Vietnamese/Chinese 1%
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Religions:
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Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40% (including various Christian denominations 1.5%)
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Languages:
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Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic languages
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Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 66.4%
male: 77.4%
female: 55.5% (2002)
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