and woodland: 0% other: 99% Irrigated land: NA km2 Environment: soil exhaustion; desertification Note: landlocked *Laos, People Population: 15,274,942 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 1.68% (1993 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $7.3 billion (1992 est.) Exports: $306 million (f.o.b., FY89) commodities: semitropical produce, light manufactures, re-exports of pharmaceuticals partners: US 40%, Trinidad & Tobago 13%, UK 6%, Venezuela 5%, Canada
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