Lao People's Democratic Republic flag

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Vientiane
Leads 1 of 14 metrics
vs
United States of America flag

United States of America

Washington, D.C.
Leads 13 of 14 metrics
49865×
United States of America has 49865× the defense budget of Lao People's Democratic Republic
9037×
United States of America has 9037× the gold reserves of Lao People's Democratic Republic
1430×
United States of America has 1430× the GDP (nominal) of Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic Tale of the tape United States of America
7.53M
Population
USA 44×
335M
237K km²
Land Area
USA 42×
9.83M km²
$19.1B
GDP (nominal)
USA 1430×
$27.4T
$2,542
GDP per Capita
USA 32×
$81,695
68.9 yrs
Life Expectancy
USA 1.1×
78.9 yrs
0.607
HDI
USA 1.5×
0.921
84.7%
Literacy Rate
USA 1.2×
99.0%
62.0%
Internet Users
USA 1.5×
92.0%
29.1K
Active Military
USA 46×
1.35M
$0B
Defense Budget
USA 49865×
$997B
$5B
Exports
USA 605×
$3.19T
$7B
Imports
USA 616×
$4.10T
1 t
Gold Reserves
USA 9037×
8,134 t
28.5
Cost of Living Index
LAO 2.5× lower
71.0
Bars are scaled to the larger value of each metric. The chip marks the leading country (for cost of living, the lower index leads).
Lao People's Democratic Republic United States of America
Vientiane Capital Washington, D.C.
Lao Kip (LAK) Currency United States Dollar (USD)
Lao Language English (de facto)
One-party socialist republic Government Federal presidential constitutional republic