Source: The World Factbook
| Population (million) | 6.48 [2011] |
| Urban population (%) | 33.00 [2010] |
| Labor force (million) | 3.690 [2010] |
| ICT sector workforce (million) | |
| Median age (years) | 21.0 [2011] |
| GDP (PPP) USD billion | 15.68 [2010] |
| GDP - per capita (PPP) USD | 2,400 [2010] |
| Exchange rates (1 USD = ) | 8,320.270 kips (LAK) [2010] |
| Electricity - consumption (billion kWh) | 2.2 [2010] |
| Telecommunication services revenue | |
| Trade in ICT goods | |
| ICT industry Revenue | |
| ICT investment | |
| R&D expenditure by ICT industries | |
| Telephones - main lines (million) | 0.132 [2009] |
| Telephones - mobile cellular (million) | 3.235 [2009] |
| Internet hosts (million) | 0.001 [2010] |
| Internet users (million) | 0.300 [2009] |
| Broadband Users (million) | |
| Fixed Internet subscribers (million) | 0.016 [2009] |
| Broadband subscribers (fixed&mobile) (million) | 0.024 [2009] |
| Business use of broadband | |
| Personal Computers (million) | |
| Households with a home computer (million) |
| Area (sq km) | 236,800 |
| Climate | tropical monsoon; rainy season (May to November); dry season (December to April) |
| Ethnic groups | Lao 55%, Khmou 11%, Hmong 8%, other (over 100 minor ethnic groups) 26% (2005 census) |
| Religions | Buddhist 67%, Christian 1.5%, other and unspecified 31.5% (2005 census) |
Source: The World Factbook