Laos:
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Population	6,521,998 (July 2007 est.)
Age structure	0-14 years: 41.2% (male 1,349,352/female 1,338,252) 15-64 years: 55.7% (male 1,795,029/female 1,835,168) 65 years and over: 3.1% (male 90,188/female 114,009) (2007 est.)
Median Age	total: 19 years male: 18.7 years female: 19.3 years (2007 est.)
Population growth rate	2.37% (2007 est.)
Birth rate	34.98 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate	11.28 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.008 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.978 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.791 male(s)/female total population: 0.984 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate	total: 81.44 deaths/1,000 live births male: 90.91 deaths/1,000 live births female: 71.56 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 55.89 years male: 53.82 years female: 58.04 years (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate	4.59 children born/woman (2007 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 65%, animist 32.9%, Christian 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.8% (1995 census)
Languages	Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic languages
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 68.7% male: 77% female: 60.9% (2001 est.)