Laos Analytics

Laos is a mid-size country with 0.02% of the world's population. Laos is a democratic republic country. It has 3 world heritage sites.

LANGUAGES

Official Language:
1. Lao : 4,351,000
2. Khmer : 1,260,000

Mother Tongue : Lao

Literacy Rate (%) : 84.7

Details

Country Capital	:	Dili
GDP Per capita	:	0
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	185^th/195
Life Expectancy	:	68
Unemployment Rate	:	1
Number of Internet Users	:	4,588,000
Internet Users Rank	:	100^th/195
Area	:	99
Area Rank	:	154^th/195
Total Population	:	7,425
Total Population Rank	:	102^nd/195

Continent: South East Asia and Oceania

Cities with > 100K popln: 5

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Laos Highlights

Laos is the 102^nd ranked country in population and 154^th ranked in area out of 195 countries in the world.Please keep the country rank in perspective, for the highlights below.

Better than World Average-

1. Laos is the 28^th highest ranked in #Dentists out of 195 countries in the world. This implies better healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or higher level of health awareness among the people in the country.

Worse than World Average-

1. Laos is the 52^nd worst ranked in Doctors (Per 10,000) out of 195 countries in the world. This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population.
2. The average Literacy Rate (%) of the countries in the world is 86. Laos is the 56^th worst-ranked country out of 195 countries. This indicates that the educational infrastructure in this country is worse than it is in other countries.
3. Out of the 195 countries in the world, Laos is the 62^nd worst ranked in Potatoes prod. . This is indicative of less focus on the production of potatoes, or scarcity of fertile land, or higher industrialisation as compared to other countries.

Laos Metrics

Culture

Nature

Internet

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	85	1	1125
2	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	41	42	1128
Below than World Average-
1	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	59	156	1235
2	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	94	1231
3	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	86	1235
4	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	73	1232
5	# Cities>500000	# Cities	4	65	1234
6	Urban Population (2021)	# People	22,563,215	117	1235
7	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	108	1232
8	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	97	1232
9	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	80	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Lao	# People	108,471	2	1130
2	Lao as a % of total Lao speakers	% People	0	2	1130
3	Khmer	# People	90,205	3	1125
4	Thai	# People	204,841	3	1127
5	Khmer as a % of total Khmer speakers	% People	0	3	1127
6	Thai as a % of total Thai speakers	% People	0	3	1127
Below than World Average-
1	Standard Chinese	# People	6,821,357	32	1231
2	English	# People	3,175,743	27	1232
3	French	# People	596,219	23	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Buddhist Pop./Total Pop.%.	% People	3	7	1128
2	Buddhist Pop./Total Buddhist Pop. %	% People	0	11	1128
Below than World Average-
1	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	185	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	8	1130
2	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	24	9	1127
3	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	24	9	1125
Below than World Average-
1	Unemployment Rate.	% People	13	186	1230
2	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	75	170	1235
3	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	55	169	1232
4	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	55	169	1235
5	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	24	164	1230
6	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	159	1230
7	Formal Jobs	# People	10,227,722	133	1232
8	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	14,402,736	132	1231
9	Employment in Services	# People	9,747,273	130	1232
10	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	115	1231
11	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	357,113	112	1230
12	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	19,636,200	104	1235
13	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,233,463	55	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Buddhist Population	# People	1,912,220	11	1126
Below than World Average-
1	Islamic Population	# People	9,744,062	166	1233
2	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	91	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Dentist to doctor ratio	Ratio	3	19	1125
2	#Dentists	# People	13,328	28	1126
Below than World Average-
1	Doctors (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	20	144	1234
2	Nurses(per 10000)	People per 10000	44	134	1231
3	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	71	131	1231
4	Total No. of Doctors	# People	73,975	120	1233
5	Total Nursing	# People	163,061	116	1231
6	Pharmacists (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	4	92	1232
7	HIV Infections (Per 1000)	People Per 1,000	0	79	1233
8	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	14,339	60	1234
9	Nurses to doctor ratio	Ratio	2	57	1233
10	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	18	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Tree density.	Density	22,685	26	1125
2	Tree density .	Density	828	29	1127
Below than World Average-
1	Potatoes prod.	Weight	2,516,782	134	1233
2	Soyabean prod.	Weight	3,628,152	61	1230
3	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	42	1235
4	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	41	1232
5	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	41	1234
6	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Weight	833,178	36	1230
7	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	35	1232
8	Rice prod.	Weight	6,871,329	19	1231
9	Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.%	Weight	0	19	1230
10	Tin prod.	Weight	23,069	13	1235
11	Tin Produced/Total Tin Produced in 2019	Weight	7	13	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	44	1128
2	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	1	69	1129
Below than World Average-
1	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	49	151	1234
2	Gender Ratio	Ratio of female per male, Country total female/ Country total male	0	151	1234
3	Density ( Pop/Land Area Ratio)	Density	342	148	1230
4	Total Population (2021)	# People (In Thousands)	40,345	102	1234
5	Male Population	# People (In Thousands)	20,393	102	1235
6	Female Population	# People (In Thousands)	20,160	102	1230
7	Births	# People (In Thousands)	688	92	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	76	70	1129
2	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	60	103	1127
Below than World Average-
1	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	# People	34	179	1235
2	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	# People	29	163	1230
3	LinkedIn users	# People	5,792,754	141	1231
4	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	# People	0	135	1230
5	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	66	125	1235
6	Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users	# People	16	116	1234
7	Twitter Users as a % of Total Population	# People	14	112	1231
8	Twitter Users as a % of Total Twitter Users	# People	0	95	1234
9	Internet Users	# People	25,030,008	100	1234
10	Twitter users	# People	3,240,046	100	1233
11	Facebook users	# People	17,943,893	79	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	108	1127
Below than World Average-
1	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	109	1235
2	GDP (Billions USD) 2022	$ Billions	531	129	1230
3	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	7,895	109	1232
4	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	103	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	171	1231
2	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	127	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	139	1233
2	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	115	1235
3	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	110	1231
4	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	107	1232
5	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,125,548	101	1235
6	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	99	1230
7	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	98	1233
8	Enrolment in secondary edu.	# People	9,727,510	97	1234
9	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	9,629,078	95	1231
10	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	58	91	1235
11	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,895,876	89	1233
12	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	87	1234
13	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	87	1230
14	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	297,976	86	1233
15	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	74	1235
16	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	68	1231
17	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	56	1230
18	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	44	1230
19	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	34	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	76	1232
2	Total Military Force	# People	122,909	78	1231
3	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	0	55	1235

Laos Language Details

Sr.	Language	% of people speaking the language in country.
1	Lao	58.6 %
2	Khmer	16.97 %
3	Thai	8.01 %
4	English	4.11 %
5	French	2.06 %
6	Standard Chinese	0.27 %

Sr.	City	Total City Population (2023)
1	Champhone	122,467
2	Kaysone Phomvihane	140,859
3	Salavan	113,158
4	Songkhone	112,149
5	Vientiane	920,630