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China steps up global aviation expansion as Comac bids for Laos carrier • June 12, 2025, 9:02 PM ET (South China Morning Post)
Laos hostel linked to methanol deaths set to reopen • June 12, 2025, 7:02 AM ET (BBC)
Laos records US$56mil trade surplus in April • June 11, 2025, 1:29 AM ET (The Star)
EU removes UAE from 'high-risk' money-laundering list, adds Monaco • June 10, 2025, 6:22 AM ET (Le Monde)
Central bank governor, ministers reshuffled in major cabinet overhaul in Laos • June 9, 2025, 12:41 AM ET (The Star)

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Also Known As Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxôn Lao • Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Head Of Government Prime Minister: Sonexay Siphandone
Capital Vientiane (Viangchan)
Population (2025 est.) 7,767,000
Head Of State President: Thongloun Sisoulith
Form Of Government unitary single-party people’s republic with one legislative house (National Assembly [149])
Official Language Lao
Official Religion none
Official Name Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxôn Lao (Lao People’s Democratic Republic)
Total Area (Sq Km) 236,800
Total Area (Sq Mi) 91,428
Monetary Unit kip (KN)
Population Rank (2025) 104
Population Projection 2030 7,375,000
Density: Persons Per Sq Mi (2025) 85
Density: Persons Per Sq Km (2025) 32.8
Urban-Rural Population Urban: (2024) 38.9% • Rural: (2024) 61.1%
Life Expectancy At Birth Male: (2022) 66 years • Female: (2022) 69 years
Literacy: Percentage Of Population Age 15 And Over Literate Male: (2022) 92% • Female: (2022) 83%
Gni (U.S.$ ’000,000) (2023) 16,195
Gni Per Capita (U.S.$) (2023) 2,110

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Wat Aham in Louangphrabang, Laos.
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Laos: population density
Louangphrabang, Laos: Buddhist monk
That Luang stupa, Vientiane, Laos, 1566, restored 18th and 19th centuries.
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