Laos
{{Infobox country
| conventional_long_name = Republikang Demokratiko kan Banwang Lao
| common_name = Laos
| native_name = <small>{{ubl|{{nowrap|{{native name|lo|ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ<wbr />}}}}|{{nowrap|''Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxôn Lao''{{nbsp|2}}{{small|([[Romanization of Lao|Romanisation]])}}}}|{{nowrap|}}}}</small> <small> {{native name|fr|République démocratique populaire Lao}}
| image_flag = Flag of Laos.svg
| image_coat = Coat of arms of Laos.svg
| symbol_type = Emblem
| national_motto = "{{lang|lo|ສັນຕິພາບ ເອກະລາດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ເອກະພາບ ວັດທະນະຖາວອນ}}"<br />"''Santiphap Ekalat Paxathipatai Ekaphap Vatthanathavon''" {{small|(Lao romanisation)}}<br />{{small|({{lang-en|"Peace, independence, democracy, unity and prosperity"}})}}
| national_anthem = "[[Pheng Xat Lao]]"<br />{{small|({{lang-en|"Hymn of the Lao People"}})}}<div style="padding-top:0.5em;">{{center|[[File:National Anthem of Laos.ogg]]}}</div>
| image_map = {{Switcher|[[File:Laos (orthographic projection).svg|frameless]]|Show globe|[[File:Location Laos ASEAN.svg|250px|upright=1.15|frameless]]|Show map of ASEAN|default=1}}
| map_caption = {{map caption |location_color=green |region=[[ASEAN]] |region_color=dark grey |legend=Location Laos ASEAN.svg}}
| capital = [[Vientiane]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|17|58|N|102|36|E|type:city}}
| largest_city = capital
| official_languages = [[Lao language|Lao]]
| recognised_languages = 
| languages_type = Spoken languages
| languages = {{hlist|[[Lao language|Lao]]|[[Hmong language|Hmong]]|[[Khmu language|Khmu]]|[[French language|French]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.studycountry.com/guide/LA-language.htm|title=The Languages spoken in Laos|website=Studycountry|access-date=16 September 2018}}</ref>}}
| ethnic_groups = {{unbulleted list 
 | 53.2% [[Lao people|Lao]]
 | 11% [[Khmu people|Khmu]]
 | 9.2% [[Hmong people|Hmong]]
 | 3.4% Phouthai
 | 3.1% [[Tai people|Tai]]
 | 2.5% Makong
 | 2.2% [[Katang people|Katang]]
 | 2.0% [[Lu people|Lue]]
 | 1.8% [[Akha people|Akha]]
 | 11.6% Others{{efn|Including [[List of ethnic groups in Laos|over 100 smaller ethnic groups]].}}
 }}
| ethnic_groups_year = 2015<ref name="Census2015">{{cite web|url=https://lao.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/PHC-ENG-FNAL-WEB_0.pdf|title=Results of Population and Housing Census 2015 |publisher=Lao Statistics Bureau |access-date=1 May 2020}}</ref>
| demonym = [[Demographics of Laos|Lao]]<br />[[Demographics of Laos|Laotian]]
| government_type = [[Unitary state|Unitary]] [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]] [[One-party state|one-party]] [[socialist state|socialist]] [[republic]]
| leader_title1 = [[General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party|General Secretary]]<br>[[President of Laos|President]]{{efn|Laos is a [[One-party state|one party]] [[Marxist–Leninist]] [[communist state]]. The most powerful political position is [[General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party]], not [[President of Laos|President]]. The general secretary controls the [[Politburo of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party|Politburo]] and the [[Secretariat of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party|Secretariat]], Laos' top decision-making bodies, making the officeholder as ''de facto'' leader of Laos.}}
| leader_name1 = [[Thongloun Sisoulith]]
| leader_title2 = [[Prime Minister of Laos|Prime Minister]] 
| leader_name2 = [[Phankham Viphavanh]]
| leader_title3 = [[Vice President of Laos|Vice President(s)]]
| leader_name3 = [[Bounthong Chitmany]]<br>[[Pany Yathotou]]
| leader_title4 = [[President of the National Assembly of Laos|President of the National Assembly]]
| leader_name4 = [[Saysomphone Phomvihane]]
| legislature = [[National Assembly (Laos)|National Assembly]]
| sovereignty_type = [[History of Laos|Formation]]
| established_event1 = [[Lan Xang|Kingdom of Lan Xang]]
| established_date1 = 1353–1707
| established_event2 = Kingdoms of [[Kingdom of Luang Phrabang|Luang Phrabang]], [[Kingdom of Vientiane|Vientiane]] & [[Kingdom of Champasak|Champasak]]
| established_date2 = 1707–1778
| established_event3 = Vassals of [[Rattanakosin Kingdom|Siam]]
| established_date3 = 1778–1893
| established_event4 = [[French Protectorate of Laos|French protectorate]]
| established_date4 = 1893–1953
| established_event5 = [[French Protectorate of Laos#End of colonialism in Laos|Unified Kingdom]]
| established_date5 = 11 May 1947
| established_event6 = [[Kingdom of Laos|Independence]]<br />from [[French colonial empire|France]]
| established_date6 = 22 October 1953
| established_event7 = [[Laotian Civil War|Monarchy abolished]]
| established_date7 = 2 December 1975
| established_event8 = [[Constitution of Laos|Current constitution]]
| established_date8 = 14 August 1991
| area_km2 = 237,955
| area_rank = 82nd <!-- Area rank should match [[List of countries and dependencies by area]]-->
| area_sq_mi = 91,428.991 <!--Do not remove per [[WP:MOSNUM]]-->
| percent_water = 2
| population_estimate = 7,123,205
| population_census = 6,492,228<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geohive.com/cntry/laos.aspx|title=Laos|publisher=Lao Department of Statistics|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113204058/http://www.geohive.com/cntry/laos.aspx|archive-date=13 November 2016}}</ref>
| population_estimate_year = 2019
| population_estimate_rank = 105th
| population_census_year = 2015
| population_density_km2 = 26.7
| population_density_sq_mi = <!--Do not remove per [[WP:MOSNUM]]-->
| population_density_rank = 151st
| GDP_PPP = US$58.329 billion<ref name="IMF database 2018">{{cite web|url=https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2019/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2019&ey=2024&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=544&s=NGDPD%2CPPPGDP%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPPC&grp=0&a=&pr.x=96&pr.y=5|title=World Economic Outlook Database, Laos|publisher=[[International Monetary Fund]]|date=April 2018|access-date=28 April 2018}}</ref> <!--Do not edit!-->
| GDP_PPP_year = 2019
| GDP_PPP_rank = 
| GDP_PPP_per_capita = US$8,458<ref name="IMF database 2018" /> <!--Do not edit!-->
| GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 
| GDP_nominal = US$20.153 billion<ref name="IMF database 2018" /> <!--Do not edit!-->
| GDP_nominal_year = 2019
| GDP_nominal_rank = 
| GDP_nominal_per_capita = US$2,670<ref name="IMF database 2018" /> <!--Do not edit!-->
| GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank = 131st
| Gini = 36.4 <!--number only-->
| Gini_year = 2012
| Gini_change = <!--increase/decrease/staedy-->
| Gini_ref = <ref name="wb-gini">{{cite web|url=http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.GINI/|title=Gini Index|publisher=World Bank|access-date=2 March 2011}}</ref>
| Gini_rank = 
| HDI = 0.613 <!--number only-->
| HDI_year = 2019 <!--Please use the year in which the HDI data refers to and not the publication year-->
| HDI_change = increase <!--increase/decrease/steady-->
| HDI_ref = <ref name="HDI">{{cite book|title=Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene|date=15 December 2020|publisher=United Nations Development Programme|isbn=978-92-1-126442-5|pages=343–346|url=http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdr2020.pdf|access-date=16 December 2020}}</ref>
| HDI_rank = 137th
| currency = [[Lao kip|Kip]] (₭)
| currency_code = LAK
| time_zone = [[Time in Laos|ICT]]
| utc_offset = +7
| drives_on = right
| calling_code = [[+856]]
| iso3166code = LA
| cctld = [[.la]]
| religion =
{{unbulleted list 
 | 66.0% [[Buddhism in Laos|Buddhism]]{{efn|The State respects and protects all lawful activities of Buddhists and of followers of other religions, [and] mobilises and encourages Buddhist monks and novices as well as the priests of other religions to participate in activities that are beneficial to the country and people<ref>{{cite web|title=Lao People's Democratic Republic's Constitution of 1991 with Amendments through 2003|url=https://constituteproject.org/constitution/Laos_2003.pdf?lang=en|website=constituteproject.org|access-date=29 October 2017|quote=Article 9: The State respects and protects all lawful activities of Buddhists and of followers of other religions, [and] mobilises and encourages Buddhist monks and novices as well as the priests of other religions to participate in activities that are beneficial to the country and people.}}</ref>}}
 | 30.7% [[Tai folk religion]]
 |1.5% [[Christianity in Laos|Christianity]] 
 | 1.8% [[Religion in Laos|Others]] / [[Irreligion|None]]<ref name="assets.pewresearch.org">https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2012/12/globalReligion-tables.pdf</ref>
}}
}}
An '''Laos''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-Laos.ogg|ˈ|l|ɑː|oʊ|s}},<ref>{{cite web|url=http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Laos|title=Laos|via=The Free Dictionary}}</ref> {{IPAc-en|l|aʊ|s|,_|ˈ|l|ɑː|ɒ|s|,_|ˈ|l|eɪ|ɒ|s}};<ref>[http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/english/laos Oxford Dictionaries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109212153/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/english/laos |date=2015-11-09 }}, UK pronunciations</ref><ref>[http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/english/laos Oxford Dictionaries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109212153/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/english/laos |date=2015-11-09 }}, US pronunciations</ref> {{lang-lo|ລາວ}}, ''Lāo'' {{IPA-lo|láːw|}}); [[French language|French]]: [<nowiki/>[[Voiced alveolar lateral approximant|l]][[Open back unrounded vowel|ɑ]][[Syllable|.]][[Nasal vowel|œ̃]]], opisyalmente inaapod na '''Republikang Demokratiko kan Banwang Lao''' (Ingles, Lao People's Democratic Republic) ([[lenggwaheng Lao|Lao]]: {{lang|lo|ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ}}, ''Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxôn Lao''), sarong [[estadong sosyalista]] asin iyo sana an [[banwang nalilikosan daga]] sa [[Sur-subangan na Asya]]. Yaon sa pinaka-ubod kan [[Kadagaan nin Sur-subangan na Asya|Peninsulang Indo-tsina]], an Laos nahahangganan kan [[Myanmar]] asin [[Tsina]] sa bandang norte-subangan, [[Byetnam]] sa subangan, [[Kambodya]] sa sud-subangan asin kan  [[Tailandya]] sa sulnopan saka sud-sulnopan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.na.gov.la/appf17/geography.html|title=About Laos: Geography |website=Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum|publisher=Government of Laos|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416191557/http://www.na.gov.la/appf17/geography.html|archive-date=16 April 2016}}</ref> An [[Kabeserang siyudad||kabesera]] asin pinakadakulang syudad kaini iyo an [[Vientiane]].

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