prospect of close and stuffy confines of Switzerland, when the good subject to volcanic eruptions; deforestation; overgrazing; desertification Note: landlocked *Laos, People Population: 10,040,939 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 1.84% (1993 est.) Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.) Death rate: 8.06 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.) Death rate: 4.82 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -5.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.) Death rate: 13.02 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.) Infant mortality rate: 103.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.) Nationality: noun: Chinese adjective: Chinese Ethnic divisions: Uzbek 71.4%, Russian 8.3%, Tajik 4.7%, Kazakhs
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