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Laos - Asia



Population  PopulationTop of page
InhabitantsLife expectancy
6,521,998 (July 2007 est.)total population: 55.89 years
male: 53.82 years
female: 58.04 years (2007 est.)
Ethnic groupsReligions
Lao Loum (lowland) 68%, Lao Theung (upland) 22%, Lao Soung (highland) including the Hmong and the Yao 9%, ethnic Vietnamese/Chinese 1%Buddhist 65%, animist 32.9%, Christian 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.8% (1995 census)
LanguagesLiteracy
Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic languagesdefinition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 66.4%
male: 77.4%
female: 55.5% (2002)


Government  GovernmentTop of page
Government typeCapital
Communist state Vientiane
IndependanceNational day
19 July 1949 (from France)Republic Day, 2 December (1975)
ConstitutionLegal system
promulgated 14 August 1991based on traditional customs, French legal norms and procedures, and socialist practice


Economy  EconomyTop of page
GDP (purchasing power parity)Growth rate
$2.768 billion (2006 est.)7.2% (2006 est.)
GDP per inhabitantUnemployment rate
$2,100 (2006 est.)2.4% (2005 est.)
Population below poverty lineInflation rate
30.7% (2005 est.)6.8% (2006 est.)
ExportsImports
$982.2 million (2006 est.)$1.376 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and goldCurrency
$316.9 million (2006 est.)kip (LAK)
Military expenditures
0.5% (2006)


Geography  GeographyTop of page
LocationArea
Southeastern Asia, northeast of Thailand, west of Vietnam 236,800 sq km
ClimateNatural resources
tropical monsoon; rainy season (May to November); dry season (December to April)timber, hydropower, gypsum, tin, gold, gemstones


Communication  CommunicationTop of page
CellularsInternet code
520,546 (2006).la
Internet hostsInternet users
1,108 (2006)25,000 (2005)


Transportation  TransportationTop of page
AirportsRailways (in km)
44 (2006)
Roadways (in km)Pipelines (in km)
31,210 km refined products 540 km (2006)