Location: Southeastern Asia, northeast of Thailand, west of Vietnam
Population: 6,521,998 (July 2007 est.)
Religions: Buddhist 65%, animist 32.9%, Christian 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.8% (1995 census)
Languages: Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic languages
National holiday: Republic Day, 2 December (1975)
Currency (code): kip (LAK)
Exchange rates: kips per US dollar - 9,658 (2007), 10,235 (2006), 10,820 (2005), 10,585.5 (2004), 10,569 (2003)
