Atlas Country Page: Lao PDR
Lao PDR
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Population and Migration


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Demographics

1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Graph Population, total 2177000 2713000 3205000 4132000 5279000
Graph Population density (people per sq km)   11.75 13.88 17.9 22.87
Graph Population growth (annual %) 2.26 2.26 1.53 2.64 2.32
Graph Urban population growth (annual %) 3.02 5.01 4.56 5.44 4.73
Graph Urban population (% of total) 7.9 9.6 13.4 18.1 23.5
Graph Rural population growth (annual %)   2 1.08 2.05 1.61
Graph Rural population (% of total population) 92.1 90.4 86.6 81.9 76.5

Migration

1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Graph Foreign population (% of total population)          
Graph Foreign labor force (% of total labor force)          
Graph Inflows of asylum seekers          
Graph Inflows of foreign population          
Graph Inflows of foreign workers