City profile · Laos · Asia
Luang Prabang
Luang Prabang Province · Laos
City population
55,027
#7
in Laos
#10,456
worldwide
19.893, 102.153 · 219 km from Vientiane
About Luang Prabang
Luang Prabang is a city in Luang Prabang Province, Laos with a population of 55,027. It is the 7th largest of the 18 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Laos, and the 10,456th largest worldwide. It lies 219 km from Vientiane.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Luang Prabang Province
Elevation
296 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Vientiane
Coordinates
19.893, 102.153
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 18 in LaosClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.