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Laos

Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia, and the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and southwest. Laos has a population of more than 7.5 million, and its…

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Calling code
+856
Currency
Kip (₭) (LAK)
Demonym
Laotian
Ethnic groups (2015)
53.2% Lao · 11% Khmu · 9.2% Hmong · 3.4% Phu Thai · 3.1% Tai
GDP (nominal)
2025 estimate
GDP .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(PPP)
2025 estimate

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Laos

Nodes277
Edges276
Triples413
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.00722
Components1

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Laos

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related to Independence, and communist state · 45
Laos → Aerial, American, Army, As, Asia, Battle, Between, Cambodia, Cluster Munitions, Convention, Dien Bien Phu, Europe, First Meeting, French, French Indochina, Geneva Conference, Ho Chi Minh Trail, In, Kingdom, National Union
related to Cinema · 32
Laos → Academy Awards, Anysay Keola, At, Australian, Berlin International Film Festival, Best Foreign Language Film, Blood Road, Dearest Sister, Documentary Emmy Award, Entitled The Rocket, Examples, Fantastic Fest, Gun Voice, Horizon, In September, It, Jars, Kim Mordount's, Lao, Lao Art Media's Chanthaly
related to Foreign relations · 28
Laos → ASEAN, Association, Australia, China, Congressionally, December, East Asia Summit, Germany, In, Japan, July, Laos's, LPDR, November, Pathet Lao, Russia, Southeast Asian Nations, Soviet, Soviet Bloc, Soviet Union
related to French Laos · 27
Laos → As, Bolaven Plateau, By, Champasak, Chinese Black Flag Army, France, French, French Indochina, French Indochina's, In, Indochina, Indochina-wide, Japanese, King Oun Kham, King Sisavang Vong, Lao, Luang Prabang, Martin Stuart-Fox, Otherwise, Pakse
related to Lao People's Revolutionary Party · 27
Laos → All, At, Central Committee, Central Committee's Secretariat, Conference, Congress, Constitution, Defence, DPSC, Inspection Commission, It, Lao People's Revolutionary Party, Leninist, LPDR, LPRP, LPRP Central Committee, Marxist, Organisation Commission, Party, Permanent Member
related to Ethnicity · 25
Laos → AD, Austroasiatic, China, France, Hong Kong, In, Kammu, Kha, Khamu, Khmu, Lao, Lao Loum, Lao Theung, Laotian Chinese, Laotians, Mon-Khmer-speaking, More, Other, Some Vietnamese, Tai
related to Etymology · 22
Laos → Another, Champasak, Dao, French, In, In English, Kao Long, Lao, Lao Country, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Laotian, Luang, Luang Prabang, Muang Lao, One, Pali, Pathet Lao, Tai-Lao, The, Traditional Lao
related to Geography · 21
Laos → According, Annamite Range, Bolaven Plateau, Forest Landscape Integrity Index, Golden Triangle, In, It, Its, Luang Prabang Range, October, Opium Poppy Cultivation, Phou Bia, South East Asia, Southeast Asia, Thai, Thailand, The Mekong River, There, UNODC, Vietnam
related to Economy · 18
Laos → Approximately, China, GDP, Greater Mekong Subregion, In, Investment's, Lao, Laos Ministry, Obama, Pakse, Planning, Rice, Subsistence, Thailand, The, US, US Export-Import Bank, Vietnam
related to history · 17
Laos → Annamite Mountains, Archaeological, At, BCE, Chinese, Guangxi, Hoabinhian, In, Indian, Linguistic, Pleistocene, Southeast Asia, Stone, Tai-speaking, Tam Pa Ling Cave, Thailand, The

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lao state national assembly vientiane people's government vietnam french country luang prabang organs committee thailand laotian party kingdom independence organ

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
LaosCalling code+8561.00infobox
LaosCapitaland largest cityVientiane .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punc…1.00infobox
LaosCurrencyKip (₭) (LAK)1.00infobox
LaosDemonymLaotian1.00infobox
LaosEthnic groups (2015)53.2% Lao1.00infobox
LaosEthnic groups (2015)11% Khmu1.00infobox
LaosEthnic groups (2015)9.2% Hmong1.00infobox
LaosEthnic groups (2015)3.4% Phu Thai1.00infobox
LaosEthnic groups (2015)3.1% Tai1.00infobox
LaosEthnic groups (2015)2.5% Makong1.00infobox
LaosEthnic groups (2015)2.2% Katang1.00infobox
LaosEthnic groups (2015)2.0% Lue1.00infobox
LaosEthnic groups (2015)1.8% Akha1.00infobox
LaosEthnic groups (2015)11.6% other1.00infobox
LaosGDP (nominal)2025 estimate1.00infobox
LaosGDP .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(PPP)2025 estimate1.00infobox
LaosGini (2012)36.4 @media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-them…1.00infobox
LaosGovernmentCommunist state1.00infobox
LaosHDI (2023)0.617 medium (147th)1.00infobox
LaosInternet TLD.la1.00infobox
LaosISO 3166 codeLA1.00infobox
LaosLegislatureNational Assembly1.00infobox
LaosOfficial languagesLao1.00infobox
LaosReligion66.0% Buddhism[a]1.00infobox
LaosReligion30.7% Tai folk religion1.00infobox
LaosReligion1.5% Christianity1.00infobox
LaosReligion1.8% other/none1.00infobox
LaosSpoken languagesLao1.00infobox
LaosSpoken languagesKhmu1.00infobox
LaosSpoken languagesHmong1.00infobox

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