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  1.  People
  2.  
  3. Population: 4,023,726 (July 1990), growth rate 2.2% (1990).
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 37 births/1,000 population (1990).
  6.  
  7. Death rate: 15 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
  8.  
  9. Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
  10.  
  11. Infant mortality rate: 126 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 48 years male, 51 years female (1990).
  14.  
  15. Total fertility rate: 5.1 children born/woman (1990).
  16.  
  17. Nationality: noun--Lao (sing., Lao or Laotian); adjective--Lao 
  18. or Laotian.
  19.  
  20. Ethnic divisions: 50% Lao, 15% Phoutheung (Kha), 20% tribal 
  21. Thai, 15% Meo, Hmong, Yao, and other.
  22.  
  23. Religion: 85% Buddhist, 15% animist and other.
  24.  
  25. Language: Lao (official), French, and English.
  26.  
  27. Literacy: 85%.
  28.  
  29. Labor force: 1-1.5 million; 85-90% in agriculture (est.).
  30.  
  31. Organized labor: Lao Federation of Trade Unions is subordinate 
  32. to the Communist party.
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