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Laos

Country

Member state of the United Nations. The UN lists it as "Lao People’s Democratic Republic".[1]

Capital
Population
7,873,046 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 6,858,160in 2017[4]
Land area
230,800 km²[5]
Total area
236,800 km²[6] land and water
Official language
Currency
Land borders
People's Republic of China, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam[10]
Coast
No ocean coast (landlocked)[11][10]
Continent
Official name
  • ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ[12]

Parts of Laos

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Through time

Population over time[3]
196020257.9M

2,121,514 in 1960, 7,873,046 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
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
20247,769,819
20257,873,046

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
LA[13]
ISO alpha-3
LAO[14]
ISO numeric
418[15]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Laos (Q819), capital: Vientiane (revision 2565047087) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Laos (Q819), population (revision 2565047087) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Laos (Q819), area (revision 2565047087) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: Laos (Q819), official language: Lao (revision 2565047087) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  8. Wikidata: Laos (Q819), currency: Lao kip (revision 2565047087) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: Laos (Q819), continent: Asia (revision 2565047087) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  11. Wikidata: Laos (Q819), instance of (revision 2565047087) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  12. Wikidata: Laos (Q819), official name (revision 2565047087) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: Laos (Q819), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2565047087) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Laos (Q819), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2565047087) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Laos (Q819), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2565047087) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

Flag image: Flag of Laos.svg, Public domain, SKopp, via Wikimedia Commons.