Population: 4,701,654 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.85% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 43.23 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 14.74 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 101.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 51.68 years
male: 50.16 years
female: 53.28 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 6.07 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Lao(s) or Laotian(s)
adjective: Lao or Laotian

Ethnic divisions: Lao 50%, Phoutheung (Kha) 15%, tribal Thai 20%, Meo, Hmong, Yao, and other 15%

Religions: Buddhist 85%, animist and other 15%

Languages: Lao (official), French, English

Literacy: age 15-45 can read and write (1993)
total population: 64%
male: NA%
female: NA%
Labor force: 1-1.5 million
by occupation: agriculture 85-90% (est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Laos on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Laos People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Laos People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.