Yearly Change : For absolute change in total population increase or decrease in number of people over the last year from July 1, to June 30 For all other years: average annual numerical change over the preceding five year period. Migrants net : The average annual number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over the preceding five year period running from July 1 to June 30 of the initial and final years , or subsequent five year period for data.
A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants. Median Age : age that divides the population into two numerically equal groups: half of the people are older than the median age indicated and half are younger. This parameter provides an indication of age distribution.
It is calculated as the average number of children an average woman will have during her reproductive period 15 to 49 years old based on the current fertility rates of every age group in the country, and assuming she is not subject to mortality. Urban Population : Population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each country. Country's Share of World Pop : Total population in the country as a percentage of total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.
Global Rank : Position held by Laos in the list of all countries worldwide ranked by population from the highest population to the lowest population as of July 1 of the year indicated. Coronavirus Population. Laos Population - Country Continent World. Although the Lao have few possessions beyond their food, their Buddhist beliefs help them to find happiness through a simple life.
Most of the people live in small rural communities near the river. The whole family works hard to grow enough food. Many people do not have running water and must carry water from the river to their small wooden houses for cooking, drinking, and washing. In Laos and other Southeast Asian countries people play a sport called kataw. The game is a bit like volleyball, but players cannot use their hands and instead must kick or force a small hollow ball made of woven bamboo over a high net.
The Lao also like the sport of rhinoceros-beetle wrestling. People bet on which beetle will stay standing the longest. Soon after independence from France in , the country fell into turmoil; in the communist Pathet Lao seized power with help from North Vietnam.
Many fled and many resettled in the United States. Laos is one of the few remaining communist states. The economy is hampered by poor roads, no railroad, and limited access to electricity.
Monsoon winds blow through the country twice a year. From May to October, monsoon winds from the Indian Ocean bring heavy rains that wash over the warm, tropical country. Then the wind changes direction and brings a hot, dry wind from China to Laos from November to April. The humid tropical weather, rugged terrain, and thick forest provide an undisturbed habitat for many animals.
The red panda , which is related to raccoons and not giant pandas , lives in the forests of northern Laos. Several species, such as the Asian elephant , red panda, giant Mekong catfish, tiger , and clouded leopard are at risk as more land, forests, and mines rich in resources are sold off to neighboring countries.
The country is being deforested and only 42 percent of Laos is still forested, where once 70 percent of the country was forested. The largest protected area in Laos is the Nakai-Nam Theun, which covers 1, miles 3, square kilometers and is home to rare creatures including Asiatic black bears, known as moon bears and the soala.
The soala is a rare relative of sheep and cattle and looks like a deer. One of the world's most dangerous snakes, the foot-long 4. Snakes are a part of daily life and people find snakes almost everywhere. The Mon-Khmer tribes, known as Lao Theung, inhabit the central and southern mountain areas. These are the indigenous inhabitants of northern Laos, although there are some Vietnamese, Chinese and Thai minorities. The Lao Soung, or highland people, include minority cultures such as the Hmong, Yao, Dao, Shan and other peoples who have lived in this isolated region for some time.
The mountain tribes of mixed heritage include the Lua and Khmu people, who are indigenous to the region, The Lua people are endangered. Laos is a very religious nation, but the practices happening within its borders aren't very diverse. Nearly all of the indigenous or 'lowland' people practice Theravada Buddhism.
Native people making up roughly half of the population. The second most practiced religion is Laotian folk religion, a religion whose specifics vary significantly depending on who is practicing it and in what region of the country.
The economy of Laos is one of the world's fastest-growing in the world, which is largely attributed to their decentralized government and encouragement of private enterprise. Although the economy is doing well as a whole, Laos is still one of the poorest countries in the region, largely because of its disproportionately large and uneducated workforce. One of the country's top priorities is to decrease poverty through an increase in education funding to bring education to every child in the country.
A large portion of their economy is maintained by foreign investment. The government of Laos is a one-party socialist republic, meaning that the only legal political party is the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, which is led by the president who doesn't have too much power politically. The prime minister who is the real leader of the government is picked by the president and decides on any laws with the powerful 9-member Politburo, and the member Central Committee.
There are also 4 Deputy Prime Ministers that have slightly less influence. The country of Laos was a protectorate of France between the years , after which the Japanese briefly occupied the area post World War II. Laos gained full independence in , and civil war broke out near instantly between royalists and a communist group called Pathet Lao.
The United States dropped more bombs on Laos during the s than were dropped in all of World War II in an attempt to eliminate sanctuaries the North Vietnamese had set up and to destroy the supply lines of the Ho Chi Minh trail. Communists took over the country in , which led to extreme food shortages and the flight of hundreds of thousands of refugees to Thailand. Laos Population Live 7,, Laos Population Growth The population spiked during the late s and s after the food shortages of the years prior had subsided, but the rate of growth has been declining fairly steadily in the years since.
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