Capital: Vientiane 783,000 (2013)
Population: 6,758,353 (2016)
Area: 237,955 km2
Formation: Kingdom of Lan Xang: 1354-1707.
Fall of Lan Xang: Kingdom of Luang Phrabang,
Kingdom of Vientiane. Kingdom of Champasak &
Principality of Phuan: 1707-1778.
Vassal of Thonburi and Siam: 1778-1893.
War of Succession: 1826-1828.
French Indochina: 1893-1949.
Independence from France: 19. July 1949.
Declared Independence: 22. October 1953.
Laotian civil war: 9. Nov. 1953 - 2. Dec. 1975.
Lao Monarchy abolished: 2. December 1975.
Current constitiuion: 14. August 1991.
