Laos sets date for fourth national census
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Laos will hold a nationwide census in March next year, the fourth to be held since the country went communist in 1975, a media report said yesterday. The Lao Statistics Bureau has already started preparing to told the census on March 1 to 7, 2015, the Vie
“For next year’s survey, foreigners who have lived in Laos for more than six months will be included in the statistics,” the daily said.
The census will cost the state US$7.2 million and will include information on professions, marital status, income, housing conditions, access to electricity and media. Laos’ current population is estimated at 6.4 million people based on results from the last census held in 2005.
