Population:	6,217,141 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:	0-14 years: 41.6% (male 1,300,094/female 1,289,227) 15-64 years: 55.2% (male 1,693,494/female 1,737,196) 65 years and over: 3.2% (male 88,744/female 108,386) (2005 est.)
Median age:	total: 18.74 years male: 18.42 years female: 19.08 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate:	2.42% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:	35.99 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:	11.83 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:	at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female 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 (2005 est.)
Infant mortality rate:	total: 85.22 deaths/1,000 live births male: 95.04 deaths/1,000 live births female: 75.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:	total population: 55.08 years male: 53.07 years female: 57.17 years (2005 est.)
Total fertility rate:	4.77 children born/woman (2005 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 60%, animist and other 40% (including various Christian denominations 1.5%)
Languages:	Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic languages
Literacy:	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 66.4% male: 77.4% female: 55.5% (2002)

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