Population, Distribution by Sex and Citizenship
Nationality	Number of Population
	Female	Male	Total	Percent
Laotian	2 811 990	2 789 621	5 601 611	99.64
Cambodian	471	508	979	0.02
Chinese	780	1 045	1 825	0.03
Burmese	73	81	154	0.00
Thai	372	614	986	0.02
Vietnamese	4 473	4 322	8 795	0.16
Other Asian Citizens	50	77	127	0.00
European	78	113	191	0.00
African	9	10	19	0.00
American	175	226	401	0.01
Australian	8	8	16	0.00
Other Citizens	42	42	84	0.00
Not stated	2 910	3 884	6 794	0.12
Total	2 821 431	2 800 551	5 621 982	100.00
Source : Results from the Population and Housing Census 2005, NSC,CPI