Official nameLao People's Democratic Republic

LocationAsia | South-Eastern Asia

Borders🇲🇲 Myanmar 🇰🇭 Cambodia 🇨🇳 China 🇹🇭 Thailand 🇻🇳 Vietnam

Area236800 km²

Population7.28M inhabitants

Density30.724 pop / km²

Demonyms(m) Laotian / (f) Laotian

Official languagesLao

Capital(s)Vientiane

Statusindependent, officially-assigned

MembershipsUN, FIFA

CurrencyLao kip (₭)

GINI38.8 (2018)

TLD.la

Phone code+8, suffix(es): 56

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Drives on theright