Laos
Asia · South-Eastern Asia
Key facts
- Capital
- Vientiane
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- South-Eastern Asia
- Population (2025)
- 7.9 million (7,873,046) · rank 102 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 236,800 km² · rank 82 of 193
- People per km²
- 33 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Laos, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Laos in the map data: 5.
- Cambodia capitals 750 km apart
- China capitals 2,770 km apart
- Myanmar capitals 710 km apart
- Thailand capitals 520 km apart
- Vietnam capitals 480 km apart
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Maldives, Mauritania, Latvia, Morocco.
In the quizzes
The levels on which Laos is asked in each selection:
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Laos | Vientiane |
| Italiano | Laos | Vientiane |
| Magyar | Laosz | Vientián |
| Suomi | Laos | Vientiane |