Demographics of Laos

Demographics of Laos
Population pyramid of Laos in 2020
Population7,443,000 (2022 est.)
Growth rate1.41% (2022 est.)
Birth rate20.9 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate6.8 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Life expectancy67 years (2022 est.)
 • male66 years (2022 est.)
 • female69 years (2022 est.)
Fertility rate2.48 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Infant mortality rate36.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
Age structure
0–14 years30.80% (2022 est.)
15–64 years64.56% (2022 est.)
65 and over4.68% (2022 est.)
Sex ratio
Total1.00 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
At birth1.04 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Nationality
NationalityLaotian
Major ethnicLao (53.2%)
Source: LAOSIS[1]
Languages of Laos. Four language families.
Ethno-linguistic groups in Laos (Lao-Tai, Mon-Khmer, Hmung-lu Mien, Sino-Tibetan)
A street market in Luang Prabang.

Laos is a country in Southeast Asia. The country's population was estimated at 7.43 million in 2021, dispersed unevenly across the country. Most people live in valleys of the Mekong River and its tributaries. Vientiane Prefecture, which includes Vientiane, the capital and largest city of the country, had 820,924 residents as of the 2015 census. The country's population density is 26.7/km2.

As per the 2015 census, the total population was 6.49 million (3.24 million females, 3.25 million males), an increase of 870 thousand since the previous 2005 census.


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