Key facts
Capital:Vientiane (Viangchan)
Location:Southeastern Asia, northeast of Thailand, west of Vietnam
Currency:kips (LAK)
Area:236,800 sq km
Population:7,574,356 (July 2021 est.)
Languages:Lao (official), French, English, various ethnic languages
Religion:Buddhist 64.7%, Christian 1.7%, none 31.4%, other/not stated 2.1% (2015 est.)
TimeZone:UTC+7
Tel Code:+856
