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Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is divided into 17 provinces (Lao ແຂວງ, pronounced [kʰwɛ̌ːŋ], khwaeng, khoeng, qwang or khoueng) and one prefecture, the Vientiane capital city municipality (ນະຄອນຫຼວງ, nakhon luang, or Na Kone Luang Vientiane).
City Population [1] Coordinates Province Vientiane: 768,743 Vientiane Prefecture: Savannakhet: 125,760 Savannakhet province: Pakse (Pakxe) : 88,332 Champasak: Luang ...
By 1943, the Vietnamese population stood at nearly 40,000, forming the majority in some cities of Laos and having the right to elect its own leaders. [41] As a result, 53% of the population of Vientiane, 85% of Thakhek, and 62% of Pakse were Vietnamese, with the exception of Luang Prabang where the population was predominantly Lao. [41]
Population graph of Laos, number of inhabitants in millions between 1800 and 2021 (Our World in Data data, 2022) According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects [2] [3], the population of Laos increased from 1.7 million in 1950 to 7.4 million in 2021. Until the year 2005, the proportion of children 0–14 years of age was over ...
Laos is divided into 17 provinces (khoueng) and one prefecture (kampheng nakhon) which includes the capital city Vientiane (Nakhon Louang Viangchan).Provinces are further divided into districts (muang) and then villages (ban).
Laos (/ ˈ l ɑː oʊ s / ⓘ, / ˈ l aʊ s /, / ˈ l ɑː ɒ s /, or / ˈ l eɪ ɒ s /; Lao: ລາວ, Lao pronunciation:, Lāo), or commonly referred to its colloquial name of Muang Lao (Lao: ເມືອງລາວ, Muang Lao), is a landlocked country in the heart of the Indochinese peninsula of Mainland Southeast Asia, bordered by Myanmar (Burma) and China to the northwest, Vietnam to ...
Lao Statistics Bureau is the state agency charged with the collection and publication of statistics related to the economy, population and society of Laos. [1]
In 1943, 53% of the population of Vientiane were Vietnamese. [3] This matter was the object of strenuous opposition by Phetsarath Ratanavongsa , who in the 1930s made an unsuccessful attempt to replace Vietnamese in the government with Lao people .