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Laos

Lao People's Democratic Republic · ສປປລາວ
Asia · South-Eastern Asia

0Population

236.8Kkm² of land

$2.54KGDP / person

VientianeCapital

ISO codes: LA · LAO
Density: 30 /km²
Languages: Lao
Currency: Lao kip (LAK)
Dial code: +856
Internet domain: .la
Time zones: 1
Coastline: Landlocked
Map centre: 19.4320° N, 102.5340° E
Demonym: Laotian
UN region: South-Eastern Asia
Economy: Least developed region
Income group: Lower middle income
Total GDP: $18.17B
Sovereignty: Independent · UN member
Borders: 5

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By the numbers

How Laos stacks up against all 242 mapped countries.

Population

104th

of 242 · 0.09% of world population

Land area

85th

of 242 · 0.16% of world land

GDP per person

180th

richest of 242 by output per person

Population density

176th

most crowded of 242

Ten facts about Laos

The first is hand-written; the rest are worked out from this country's own figures.

1

The only landlocked country in Southeast Asia, and the most heavily bombed country per person in history.

2

Population is about 7,169,455 people, the 104th largest of the 242 countries mapped here - roughly one in 1,071 of everyone alive.

3

Covers 236,800 km², making it the 85th largest country here - about 7.8 times the size of Belgium.

4

Population density is about 30 people per km².

5

The capital is Vientiane, at 17.97° N, 102.60° E, with a metropolitan population of about 754,000.

6

Shares land borders with 5 countries: Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Thailand and Vietnam.

7

Landlocked: every route to the sea crosses at least one border.

8

Keeps a single time zone, Asia/Vientiane.

9

The currency is the Lao kip (LAK, symbol ₭).

10

The official language is Lao.

Local time

Live, from PHP's IANA database.

Asia/Vientiane

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UTC+07:00

Cities

The largest places we hold coordinates for. Click a row to fly the map there.

1 ★ Vientiane Vientiane [prefecture] 17.9667° N, 102.6000° E 754K

Land neighbours

5 countries share a border with Laos.