Laos: flag, capital & map
Get to know Laos, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Vientiane
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- South-Eastern Asia
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 7,873,046
- Area
- 236,800 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Lao
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Laotian Kip (LAK)
Laos is a landlocked country in mainland south-east Asia. Its capital is Vientiane.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Laos
The flag of Laos is composed of three horizontal bands of red, blue and red. The blue band is twice the height of the red bands and bears a white circle at its center.
Where it is
Laos is grouped in South-Eastern Asia, within Roam’s Asia region. Its land-border list includes 5 countries in this atlas: Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Thailand, Vietnam. It is landlocked.
Laos has a recorded area of 236,800 square kilometres. Among the 11 countries assigned to South-Eastern Asia in this dataset, it ranks 7 by area, from largest to smallest. Malaysia is immediately above it in that ordering, at 330,803 km². Cambodia is immediately below it, at 181,035 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 7,873,046 people for Laos in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 33 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are Lao. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Laotian Kip (LAK). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
Cover the facts above and work through these five questions. Open each answer when you are ready to check it. You can use this section without JavaScript.
What is the capital of Laos?
Reveal answer
Vientiane. Laos is a landlocked country in mainland south-east Asia. Its capital is Vientiane.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Laos?
Reveal answer
The flag of Laos is composed of three horizontal bands of red, blue and red. The blue band is twice the height of the red bands and bears a white circle at its center.
Which land neighbours of Laos are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Thailand, and Vietnam. Laos is landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Laos?
Reveal answer
Lao. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Laos.
Which currency codes are listed for Laos?
Reveal answer
Laotian Kip (LAK). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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