Internet penetration and social media use increased in Laos in 2023, with internet speeds increasing and more adoption of mobile phones.
Meltwater and We Are Social have revealed their joint global digital overview report for 2023, releasing digital information and data across the world, including Laos.
The population around the world using the internet has surged to 5.16 billion with 64.4 percent of the world’s total population now online. Social media use has grown to 4.76 billion, while more than 5.44 billion people worldwide now use mobile phones, according to the report.
Laos
The state of digital in Laos 2023 report shows that 85% of the population are now mobile phone users, 62% of the population has access to the internet, and 44% of Lao people in Laos utilize social media.
Internet speeds average 28.33 Mbps in Laos, with a year-on-year increase in the speed of fixed internet connections by 20%.
The population of Laos has increased to 7.58 million in 2023, with the number of mobile phone connections increasing by 7.8% between 2022 and 2023, while the number of internet users has increased by 1.4%.
49% of the population is female and 50% of the population is male, while 37% of the population dwells in urban areas and 62% lives in rural areas.
Mobile phones dominate web traffic in Laos, at 14.2%, while 32.3 % of web traffic was downloaded to laptops and desktops, with 17.2% being accessed by tablet computers. No data was provided for other devices such as video game consoles.
The percentage of webpages provided to mobile phone browsers reached 78.9% at the end of last year.
Social Media Use
The overall number of active social media users in Laos was 3.35 million, or 44.2% of the population, with 2.95 million users aged 18 and above using social media in the country and 100% of users accessing social media through mobile devices.
Facebook‘s advertising reaches 3.20 million of the population, decreasing by -8.6% quarter on quarter and year-on-year. Some 53% of Facebook accounts in Laos are owned by females, while male users make up 46%.
Instagram records a smaller user base in Laos at just 488,000, with only 6.4% reachable by adverts on Instagram, decreasing by 8.1% quarter-on-quarter, or 20.3% year-on-year. Of these Instagram users, 58% are female while 41.2% are male.
Twitter estimates a total of 238,000 users in Laos with the potential ad reach growing by 61% with 3.1% of the population in Laos, 69% of which are female.
According to the report, there are 140,000 LinkedIn profiles in Laos, which represents just 1.8% of the population – 58% of these are women, while 41% are men.
Mobile Phone Use
According to the research, Laos has around 6.45 million mobile phone connections, making up 85% of the country’s total population. 87% of these mobile connections are broadband (3G – 5G).
According to GSMA Intelligence data, mobile connections in Laos climbed by seven percent between 2022 and 2023.
Android consumes the largest share of web traffic from mobile devices at 81.34%, while Apple IOS devices see an 18% share of web traffic in Laos.
https://www.tourismlaos.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Digital-Report-for-Laos-on-Social-Meda-Mobile-and-Internet-Released-4.jpg6271200Sylivanla Vongphachanhhttps://www.tourismlaos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Lao-Simply-Beautiful-.webpSylivanla Vongphachanh2023-03-17 01:29:002023-03-13 13:35:11Digital 2023 Report on Laos Released: Internet, Mobile, and Social Media
A passenger plane from Lao Airlines flew back to Vientiane on Wednesday following a collision with a Korean airplane at Incheon International Airport three months ago.
The Airbus A320 aircraft with the registration number RDPL-34199 landed at Wattay International Airport on Wednesday.
It was grounded in South Korea after the Lao Airlines flight QV924 tail wing scraped the main wing of an Air Premia plane while waiting for take-off. The latter was being towed at the time.
No passengers, or airport personnel, were injured in the incident apart from the damage to the Lao Airlines flight.
Lao Airlines provided accommodation, food, and a special flight for passengers on the flight to fly back to Vientiane Capital.
The airlines also appointed a committee to be responsible for technical and insurance matters in compliance with the requirements of the Department of Civil Aviation of Laos and the requirements of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
https://www.tourismlaos.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lao-Airline-plane-.jpg6271200Sylivanla Vongphachanhhttps://www.tourismlaos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Lao-Simply-Beautiful-.webpSylivanla Vongphachanh2023-03-16 03:57:002023-03-10 16:00:09Lao Airlines Plane Returns After Aircraft Collision in South Korea
More than 600,000 international tourists visited the capital of Laos in 2022, double the expected number of 300,000 visitors.
Encouraged by the tourism figures of last year, the government plans to attract over 500,000 overseas travelers to Vientiane Capital in 2023, said Ms. Vilayvone Chanthalaty, Director of the Vientiane Information, Culture, and Tourism Department in a recent interview.
The tourism sector in Laos is experiencing a rebound following the Covid-19 pandemic and is steadily growing after most countries lifted travel bans and Laos also opened its borders to tourists.
“From all the international tourists that visited Laos, we can see that the majority had come from Thailand and South Korea,” added Ms. Chanthalaty.
In order to achieve the set targets, the Department of Tourism in Vientiane Capital will work with all relevant parties to organize many activities to promote tourism, especially for the upcoming Lao New Year.
Not only is Vientiane Capital seeing an influx of tourists, but other provinces such as Luang Prabang recently saw hotels at full capacity thanks to tourists from China.
The high-speed railway is also proving to be an attraction and a convenient mode of transport for tourists, and the railway just set a record of 10,000 passengers traveling on it in a single day last Saturday.
Digital 2023 Report on Laos Released: Internet, Mobile, and Social Media
Internet penetration and social media use increased in Laos in 2023, with internet speeds increasing and more adoption of mobile phones.
Meltwater and We Are Social have revealed their joint global digital overview report for 2023, releasing digital information and data across the world, including Laos.
The population around the world using the internet has surged to 5.16 billion with 64.4 percent of the world’s total population now online. Social media use has grown to 4.76 billion, while more than 5.44 billion people worldwide now use mobile phones, according to the report.
Laos
The state of digital in Laos 2023 report shows that 85% of the population are now mobile phone users, 62% of the population has access to the internet, and 44% of Lao people in Laos utilize social media.
Internet speeds average 28.33 Mbps in Laos, with a year-on-year increase in the speed of fixed internet connections by 20%.
The population of Laos has increased to 7.58 million in 2023, with the number of mobile phone connections increasing by 7.8% between 2022 and 2023, while the number of internet users has increased by 1.4%.
49% of the population is female and 50% of the population is male, while 37% of the population dwells in urban areas and 62% lives in rural areas.
Mobile phones dominate web traffic in Laos, at 14.2%, while 32.3 % of web traffic was downloaded to laptops and desktops, with 17.2% being accessed by tablet computers. No data was provided for other devices such as video game consoles.
The percentage of webpages provided to mobile phone browsers reached 78.9% at the end of last year.
Social Media Use
The overall number of active social media users in Laos was 3.35 million, or 44.2% of the population, with 2.95 million users aged 18 and above using social media in the country and 100% of users accessing social media through mobile devices.
Facebook‘s advertising reaches 3.20 million of the population, decreasing by -8.6% quarter on quarter and year-on-year. Some 53% of Facebook accounts in Laos are owned by females, while male users make up 46%.
Instagram records a smaller user base in Laos at just 488,000, with only 6.4% reachable by adverts on Instagram, decreasing by 8.1% quarter-on-quarter, or 20.3% year-on-year. Of these Instagram users, 58% are female while 41.2% are male.
Twitter estimates a total of 238,000 users in Laos with the potential ad reach growing by 61% with 3.1% of the population in Laos, 69% of which are female.
According to the report, there are 140,000 LinkedIn profiles in Laos, which represents just 1.8% of the population – 58% of these are women, while 41% are men.
Mobile Phone Use
According to the research, Laos has around 6.45 million mobile phone connections, making up 85% of the country’s total population. 87% of these mobile connections are broadband (3G – 5G).
According to GSMA Intelligence data, mobile connections in Laos climbed by seven percent between 2022 and 2023.
Android consumes the largest share of web traffic from mobile devices at 81.34%, while Apple IOS devices see an 18% share of web traffic in Laos.
Source: https://laotiantimes.com/2023/03/13/digital-2023-report-on-laos-released-internet-mobile-and-social-media/
Lao Airlines Plane Returns After Aircraft Collision in South Korea
A passenger plane from Lao Airlines flew back to Vientiane on Wednesday following a collision with a Korean airplane at Incheon International Airport three months ago.
The Airbus A320 aircraft with the registration number RDPL-34199 landed at Wattay International Airport on Wednesday.
It was grounded in South Korea after the Lao Airlines flight QV924 tail wing scraped the main wing of an Air Premia plane while waiting for take-off. The latter was being towed at the time.
No passengers, or airport personnel, were injured in the incident apart from the damage to the Lao Airlines flight.
Lao Airlines provided accommodation, food, and a special flight for passengers on the flight to fly back to Vientiane Capital.
The airlines also appointed a committee to be responsible for technical and insurance matters in compliance with the requirements of the Department of Civil Aviation of Laos and the requirements of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
Source: https://laotiantimes.com/2023/03/09/lao-airlines-plane-returns-after-aircraft-collision-in-south-korea/
Over 600,000 Foreign Tourists Visited Vientiane Capital in 2022
More than 600,000 international tourists visited the capital of Laos in 2022, double the expected number of 300,000 visitors.
Encouraged by the tourism figures of last year, the government plans to attract over 500,000 overseas travelers to Vientiane Capital in 2023, said Ms. Vilayvone Chanthalaty, Director of the Vientiane Information, Culture, and Tourism Department in a recent interview.
The tourism sector in Laos is experiencing a rebound following the Covid-19 pandemic and is steadily growing after most countries lifted travel bans and Laos also opened its borders to tourists.
“From all the international tourists that visited Laos, we can see that the majority had come from Thailand and South Korea,” added Ms. Chanthalaty.
In order to achieve the set targets, the Department of Tourism in Vientiane Capital will work with all relevant parties to organize many activities to promote tourism, especially for the upcoming Lao New Year.
Not only is Vientiane Capital seeing an influx of tourists, but other provinces such as Luang Prabang recently saw hotels at full capacity thanks to tourists from China.
The high-speed railway is also proving to be an attraction and a convenient mode of transport for tourists, and the railway just set a record of 10,000 passengers traveling on it in a single day last Saturday.
Source: https://laotiantimes.com/2023/03/07/over-600000-foreign-tourists-visited-vientiane-capital-in-2022/