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Laos: map and facts
Laos is in South-Eastern Asia. It has about 7.87 million people (2025), the 102nd largest population. It covers 236,800 km², the 82nd largest by area. That is about 33 people per km². Its highest point is Phou Bia, at 2,819 m. The longest river on its map is the Mekong, 4,350 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 7,873,046 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 236,800 km² (2024, World Bank). This figure covers a different area from the one this map shows: as drawn, about 229,000 km².
- Capital: Vientiane
- Highest point: Phou Bia, 2,819 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 56.6% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Laos, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Mekong: 4,350 km
Also on the map: Sekong, Nam Ou, Ca and Nam Ngum.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Phou Bia: 2,819 m (its highest point)
- Phu Soi Dao: 2,120 m
Mountain ranges: Annamite Range.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Indochina Peninsula.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): evergreen broadleaf forest 55.5%, wooded savanna 23.5%, grassland 10.6%, savanna 6.3%, farmland 2.1%, deciduous broadleaf forest 1.1%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): mountains 64.8%, hills 23.2%, plains 11.8%.
Forests covered 56.6% of its land in 2024, down from 62.4% in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #6 in potash among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #8 in barite among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
Laos shares land borders with Cambodia, China, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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