South-Eastern Asia
Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Core facts
- Capital
- Vientiane
- Population
- 7,647,000
- Area
- 236,800 km^2
- Country code
- LAO
- Flag emoji
- 🇱🇦
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 32.3 per km^2
- Calling code
- +856
Culture and society
- Languages
- Lao
- Religions
- Islam (27.0%), Hinduism (25.0%), Unaffiliated (21.0%), Buddhism (12.0%), Christianity (7.0%), Folk religions (6.0%), Other religions (2.0%)
- Native names
- ສປປລາວ
- Demonyms (EN)
- Laotian / Laotian
- Start of week
- monday
- Driving side
- right
- Timezones
- UTC+07:00
- Alternative spellings
- LA, Lao, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao
Geography and map
- Continents
- Asia
- Coordinates
- 18.00, 105.00
- Landlocked
- Yes
- Borders
- MMR, KHM, CHN, THA, VNM
- Border countries count
- 5
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- Lao kip (â‚)
- Top-level domain
- .la
- FIFA code
- LAO
- Capital coordinates
- 17.97, 102.60
- Postal code format
- #####
- Gini index
- 38.8 (2018)
- Coat of arms
