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1961 Population Statistics and Associated Data in Laos Joel Halpern University of Massachusetts - Amherst, [email protected]
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Halpern, Joel, "Population Statistics and Associated Data in Laos" (1961). Laos Project Paper No.3. 66. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/emeritus_sw/66
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FOPUIATIO AGSOCIATZO DATA
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Table Number EaES 1 Maximum and Minimum Monthly Temperatures in Laos (Degrees Centigrade) 1 2 Rainfall in Taos-1958 (in millimeters ) 2
3 }cater L:ve1a of the Z:eIon River for 1953 (in meters ) 2
4 Population Denoitiea of Loco and Poicbborin !franc, Coed 3
5 Population Denaitiea in Southeast Asia and Other World !yeas, Ca erred 3
6 Population Density of Laos, 1942, 1947, 1958
7 Population of lace by Provinces 1911 - 1959 5
8 Population of Laos by Provinces and Districts, 1956-1960 6-7 8. Test Ca orison of Sines of Leo Villazoe in Taseeng Mang noun, Ehong Euong Eoun, Lx-mg Prahaag Province, 1958 and 195 5 7
9 Population of loos - 1900-1959 8
10 Percentage Increases of the Population of Los for Selected Tears 8
11 Rates of Annual Population Growth by World Regions (1920-1956) and loos, Coopare ll 9
13A Rates of Population Growth 1954 ;56 (Eased on Estimates of Total Population) 9 12 Rates of Population Growth, 1954-56 (Per cent) 9
13 Growth in Average Population per Village 1911 - 1959 10
14 Village Size and Population Concentration - Three Provinces Coapared 10
15 Population of Laos by Provinces - Average per Village, 1953-1955 11
16 E whn .]-Linguistic Groups of Laos (Iafont) 12
17 Ethnic Grout of Laos (Historical Sources) 13
18 Thai Peoples of Northern Laos (Iwata) 14
18A ApproxFate Ages of Villages in the Vang Vieng Area and Their local Origin (Vientiane Province) 14
19 ReinaoLl s Classification of Groups in Laos, 1901 15 20 Ethnic Groups and Their Distribution by Elevation (District of Nang Vieng) 16
21 Cultural Characteristics of Six Ethnic Groups of Northern Laos 16
27A Certain Identifying Characteristics of Selected Ethnic Groups i n Northern Laos 17
22 Ethnic Composition of Los, 1954- 1955, by Percentage of Ethnic Groups in Each Province 18
23 Ethnic Composition of the Population of Laos, 1911-1955 19 LESTOP TOLES (Continued)
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24 Ethnic Composition of the Population of laos in 1921 and 1955, Compered, by Percentage of Ethnic Groups in Each Province 20
25 Population of Xieng 1 os eng Province by Ethnic Groups, 1953 20 26 Ethnic Composition of the Population of Liong Prabang Province, 1954 21
27 Population of Eoua-Phan (Sam L eua)-19361 21
28 Population of Saraveue, 1938 22
29 Ethnic Composition of Chore :ease and Saravaee in 1952 22
30 Percentage Ethnic Composition of the Population of conga Sa and Pak Lay Distoicto of Sayaboury Province (1960) 23
31 Ethnic Composition of Prong Saly, 1930 24
32 Partial List of Tribes in the Province of Haut-t ekong (Nam ha) i n 1938 and Proportionate Composition in Two Provincial District s in 1953 25
33 (lumber of Houses, Population and Average Household Size, Compared, in Lao, iihmu and Heo Villages in Ia ang Prabang District, 1957 26
34 Site and Population Composition of Selected Villages in Northern Luang Prabang Province, .1959 27
35 Plumber and Percentage of Lao, Lao Tong, I wo, and Other Villages in Luang Pro-bang Province, by Districts - 1957 27 36 Number of houses, Population and Average Household Size in Selected lsaeet Villages in 1eang Pre-bang and Nam Tha Provinces ; 4937 28
37 Size of Plain and Hountain Villages, Compared, Provinces of Prong Saly and Eam Tha, 1959 28
J36 Average Village Size in Northern Laos by Selected Arena and Ethnic Groups- 1950-, 1958 29-31
39 Agricultural and Hon Agricultural Bouseholda in Nam Tha and Thong Sing Towns, Dam Tha Province, 1959 31
40 Age Structure of Lao, Khmu, Moo and Yao Villages in Laeng Praban g District, 1957
41 A;e Distribution of Selected Peoples in Laos, 1943 32
42 Age Groups, by Villages, Huong Vientiane - 1959 33
43 Age Distribution, Selected Lao and Thni Villages Compared : Bang Chan and tau Deeng, Thailand ; Han Pia lino and Six Othe r Lao Villages in the District of Vientiane, laos 34 43A Chinese Population of Xieng Khouang Province by Aga and Sex, 195 9 34 Distribution of the Population by Age and Sex, Ban Pha Mao, Vientiane, 1957 35 1
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5 Age Structure of the Population of Laos and Other Nations, b y Percentage Distributions, Compared 35
s ki Crude Birth Rates, Taos end Other World Areas, Compared, 1954-56.
4+7 Crude Death and Infant Mortality Rates, Laos Other World Areas , Compared, 195+-56 36 48 E cpectancy of Life at Birth for Both Sexes, Laos and Other Worl d Areas, Compared, 1955 37
49 Population Estimates for District Centers, 1958 38-39
50 Population Estimates for Selected Towns Compared, 1901-1958 40
51 Gro•rth of the Population of Selected Towns end Provinces , Compared, 1943 - 1959 I+ 0
52 Estimated Population in Urban Areas, Around 1950, Laos and Othe r World Areas, Compared (Localities of 20,000 or More Inhabitants) 40
53 Family Size and the Nu-vber of GeneraUons in Three Lao Village s (Veng Vieng District), 1957 41
5 t► Household Size of Black Tai Villages, Nam The District an d Province, 1958 41
55 Household Size in the Lao Village of Ban Pha $bao, Vientian e Province, 1957
55A Household Size in the Yao Village of iCaisou Near• Yang Vieng , Vientiane Province, 1957 42
56 Household Size in Vientiane Town, 1959 42 .
57 Household Size in Vientiane Town and Vientiane Province, Compared 1 3
58 Ethnic Composition of the Population of Selected Provincial Capital s in Laos, 1943 and 1959 Coro red
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