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Lao People's Democratic Republic
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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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