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Country Name: |
Lao People's Democratic Republic |
Government: |
Communist state |
Land: |
230,800 sq km |
Natural Resources: |
Timber, hydropower, gypsum,tin, gold, gemstones |
Population: |
6,521,998 (July 2007 est.) |
Median Age: |
19 years |
Population Growth Rate: |
2.37% (2007 est.) |
Birth Rate: |
34.98 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Adult Literacy: |
68.7% |
GDP (Purchasing Power Parity): |
$13.74 billion (2006 est.) |
GDP (Official Exchange Rate): |
$2.795 billion (2006 est.) |
GDP – Real Growth Rate: |
8.3% (2006 est.) |
GDP – Per Capita (PPP): |
$2,200 (2006 est.) |
GDP – Composition by Sector: |
agriculture: 42.7% |
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industry: 31% |
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services: 26.2% (2006 est.) |
| Labor Force: |
2.1 million (2006 est.) |
Labor Force by Occupation: |
agriculture: 80% |
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Industry:20% (2005 est.) |
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Services:20% (2005 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate: |
2.4% (2005 est.) |
Population below Poverty Line: |
30.7% (2005 est.) |
Industrial Production Growth Rate: |
15.7% (2006 est.) |
| Electricity Production: |
1.715 billion kWh (2005) |
Electricity Consumption: |
1.193 billion kWh (2005) |
Oil Production: |
0 bbl/day (2004 est.) |
Oil Consumption: |
3,000 bbl/day (2004 est.) |
Natural Gas Production: |
0 cu m (2005 est.) |
Natural Gas Consumption: |
0 cu m (2005 est.) |
Exports: |
$655 million (2006 est.) |
Imports: |
$922 million f.o.b. (2006 est.) |
Telephone Lines: |
90,067 (2006) |
Cellular Telephones: |
638,200 (2006) |
Radio Broadcast Stations: |
AM 7, FM 14, shortwave 2 (2006) |
TV Broadcast Stations: |
7 (includes 1 station relaying Vietnam Television from Hanoi) (2006) |
Internet Hosts: |
935 (2007) |
Internet Users: |
25,000 (2005) |
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