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- <text id=94CT0801><title>Laos—People</title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
- <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Laos<nl>People</hdr><body>
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- <item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 4,701,654 (July 1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 2.85% (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 43.23 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 14.74 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 101.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 51.68 years
- <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 50.16 years
- <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 53.28 years (1994 est.)
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- <item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 6.07 children born/woman (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Lao(s) or Laotian(s)
- <item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Lao or Laotian
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- <item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Lao 50%, Phoutheung (Kha) 15%, tribal Thai 20%, Meo, Hmong, Yao, and other 15%
- <item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Buddhist 85%, animist and other 15%
- <item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Lao (official), French, English
- <item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15-45 can read and write (1993)
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 64%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> NA%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> NA%
- </list>
- <item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 1-1.5 million
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> agriculture 85-90% (est.)
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