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🇱🇦 Laos

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3LAO
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2LA
UN M49 numeric418
IOC codeLAO
Official nameLao People's Democratic Republic
Native name(s)lao: official: ສາທາລະນະ ຊາທິປະໄຕ ຄົນລາວ ຂອງ; common: ສປປລາວ
Alt spellingsLA, Lao, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionSouth-Eastern Asia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalVientiane
Area (km²)236,800
Lat / Lng18.0000, 105.0000
LandlockedYes
Borders (ISO3)MMR, KHM, CHN, THA, VNM
Top-level domain.la
Calling coderoot: +8; suffixes: 56

Demographics

Population (World Bank)7,873,046 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)69.225 (2024)
Languageslao: Lao
Demonymseng: f: Laotian; m: Laotian; fra: f: Laotienne; m: Laotien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)18,302,970,218.59 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)2,324.764 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)1.187 (2025)
CurrenciesLAK: name: Lao kip; symbol: ₭

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19501,684,550
19511,725,243
19521,766,179
19531,807,812
19541,850,128
19551,893,213
19561,937,229
19571,982,134
19582,028,026
19592,074,485
19602,121,514
19612,169,796
19622,219,910
19632,271,061
19642,322,826
19652,376,200
19662,431,084
19672,487,715
19682,546,377
19692,606,959
19702,669,702
19712,734,628
19722,801,660
19732,870,573
19742,939,761
19753,005,521
19763,064,876
19773,118,923
19783,171,740
19793,228,202
19803,292,573
19813,366,631
19823,450,026
19833,541,001
19843,637,843
19853,739,985
19863,846,715
19873,957,612
19884,072,601
19894,190,974
19904,311,955
19914,435,118
19924,559,646
19934,685,060
19944,809,220
19954,929,409
19965,045,678
19975,152,011
19985,248,266
19995,340,784
20005,431,212
20015,521,482
20025,610,889
20035,697,945
20045,781,626
20055,869,523
20065,963,200
20076,056,236
20086,148,969
20096,241,642
20106,334,194
20116,426,590
20126,518,978
20136,611,385
20146,703,172
20156,801,645
20166,908,802
20177,018,147
20187,128,045
20197,237,636
20207,346,533
20217,453,194
20227,559,007
20237,664,993

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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