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Laos

Laos's best placing is 15th of 194 for forest by area.

Best placing: #15Forest by area
Top 10 placings: 0 / 16
Population: 7.9 million
Land area: 230,800 km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Laos is.

Forest by area

#15 of 194

71.5 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Forest per person

#22 of 194

0.0209 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Forest

#41 of 194

164,920 km² of forest

9th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Rainfall

#38 of 179

1,834 mm of precipitation per year

11th in Asia · World Bank · 2022

Land area per person

#48 of 194

0.029 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Land area

#79 of 194

230,800 km² of land

22nd in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Population

#102 of 195

7,873,046 people

31st in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Airports

#130 of 193

20 airports

32nd in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports per person

#131 of 192

2.54 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP

#131 of 182

18,302,970,219 US$ (current prices)

35th in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Railways per person

#100 of 134

53.60 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2023

Population by area

#147 of 194

34.11 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

GDP per person

#146 of 182

2,325 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Railways by area

#116 of 133

1.83 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2023

Airports by area

#167 of 191

0.87 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways

#120 of 135

422 km of railway

32nd in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2023

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