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Laos Population and Housing Census 2015

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General Info
Provider 
Lao Statistics Bureau
Tabulations only
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
03/2015 - 03/2015
Data type
Census:
  • De jure
  • Household
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The 2015 Census of Population and Housing in Laos was conducted by the Statistics Bureau and was the fourth census conducted in the country. It was completed via in-person interview by census enumerators, and the questionnaire covered the main demographic and socioeconomic indicators of all members per household visited. One difficulty in the census was the non-use of geographic maps and GPS systems during the enumeration process. Boundaries could not be identified, and enumerators in some areas could not locate assigned households to interview. The total population of Laos was enumerated at 6,492,228.

This source appears in the United Nations Demographic Yearbook.

Keywords 
Adult mortality, Assets, Birth place, Child labor, Child mortality, Cooking fuels, Disability, Domestic migration, Education, Education access, Education degrees, Electricity, Employment, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family size, Fertility, Health facilities, Hearing loss, Household air pollution, Household deaths, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Infant mortality, Infrastructure, Institutionalized population, International migration, Literacy, Live births, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal age, Maternal mortality, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mortality, Population, Population density, Refrigeration, Religion, Sanitation, School enrollment, Summary birth history, Telephones, Transportation, Unintentional injuries, Vision loss, War and military operations, Water supply
GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 6, 2023