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<strong>Desktop</strong> <strong>Study</strong> RESEARCH SYNTHESIS ON LAO PDR COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS This section presents Lao PDR’s geographic attributes, social, economic and climatic risks situation. Lao PDR’s country profile overview is shown in Table 1. Geographic Attributes Lao PDR is located in the Mekong Region, bordering on China in the North, Thailand and Myanmar in the West, Cambodia in the South, and Viet Nam in the East (see Figure 3). From its total land area of about 236,800 km2, approximately 80% are mountainous, located in northern Lao PDR in the eastern border, and in the south. The remaining land area mainly consists of flat floodplain along the Mekong River (Lao PDR, 2009a). Table_1 Lao PDR Country Profile Overview Country information (Lao PDR, 2009a) Surface area (km2) 236, 800 Bordering countries Population density, 2005 (persons/km2) 24 Population growth rate, 2005 (%) 2.4 Mountainous land (% of total area) 80 Flat land (% of total area) Agricultural land (% of total area) 8 China, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar ≈20 GDP, nominal, 2007-08 (million US$) 4,980 Contribution of agricultural sector to GDP, 2007 (%) 40.3 Socio-Economic Status Contribution of industrial sector to GDP, 2007 (%) 34.1 According to the 2005 census, the population of Lao PDR is 5.8 million inhabitants, resulting with 24 people per km2 in the lowest population density of Southeast Asia (Lao PDR, 2009a). The growth rate of the Lao PDR population was about 2.4% and the crude birth rate was 33.7 per 1,000 people. Around 73% of the Lao population lived in rural areas. The country’s poverty could be reduced, showing 38.6% of households living below the poverty line in 1992/93 and 28.7% of poor households in 2002/03. The adult literacy rate was 73% in 2005 and was estimated to be 77% in 2007. In the UN Human Development Index, Lao ranks 133rd out of a total of 179 countries in 2009. Regarding the economic activity, out of the in total US$ 4,980 million Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2007, 40.3% were Contribution of service sector to GDP, 2007 (%) Percentage of population, 2005 (%) in - rural areas - urban areas Poor population, 2002/03 (% of households) 25.6 73 27 28.7 Infant mortality rate, 2006 (%) 5.72 Adult literacy rate, 2007 (% of total population, estimate) Access to water supply, 2007 (% of total population, estimate) 77 55 14
Assessment of Capacity Gaps and Needs of South East Asia Countries in Addressing Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Variability and Climate Change Figure 3: Lao PDR Location map (Lao PDR, 2009a) Figure 4: Numbers of annual hot day (>33 ºC) and cool day (
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