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Country (long form) Lao People's Democratic Republic
Capital Vientiane
Total Area 91,428.99 sq mi
236,800.00 sq km
(slightly larger than Utah)
Population 5,635,967 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050 13,170,523
Languages Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic languages
Literacy 57.0% total, 70.0% male, 44% female (1999 est.)
Religions Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40%
Life Expectancy 51.58 male, 55.44 female (2001 est.)
Government Type Communist state
Currency 1 new kip (NK) = 100 at
GDP (per capita) $1,700 (2000 est.)
Industry tin and gypsum mining, timber, electric power, agricultural processing, construction, garments
Agriculture sweet potatoes, vegetables, corn, coffee, sugarcane, tobacco, cotton; tea, peanuts, rice; water buffalo, pigs, cattle, poultry
Arable Land 3%
Natural Resources timber, hydropower, gypsum, tin, gold, gemstones

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