Population of Laos
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
Date | 23 Aug 2021 |
The current population of Laos is 7,607,580 as of September 27, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Laos is projected at 7,379,358 or 7.379 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Laos is projected at 7,275,560 or 7.276 million people for the year 2020. Laos ranks number 105th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Laos is ranked 33rd among 51 countries in Asia.
Laos's population peak will be 2063 with 9.72 million people after Laos's population will be decreased year by year. The Laosn population is projected to reach 8.23 million in 2030 and increase further to 9.48 million in 2050 and 8.42 million by 2100. Laos accounts for 0.09 percent of the world population. However, its global share will decline by 0.097% in 2049 and is projected to decline at 0.077% by 2100.
Laos was at 116th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase at 106th in 2100.
- Population
- Growth rate
- Net change
Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Net Change | rate (%) | to World | ||
1950 | 1,682,915 | - | - | 0.066 |
1951 | 1,723,162 | 40,247 | 2.39 | 0.067 |
1952 | 1,764,006 | 40,844 | 2.37 | 0.067 |
1953 | 1,805,515 | 41,509 | 2.35 | 0.067 |
1954 | 1,847,776 | 42,261 | 2.34 | 0.068 |
1955 | 1,890,854 | 43,078 | 2.33 | 0.068 |
1956 | 1,934,813 | 43,959 | 2.32 | 0.069 |
1957 | 1,979,731 | 44,918 | 2.32 | 0.069 |
1958 | 2,025,668 | 45,937 | 2.32 | 0.069 |
1959 | 2,072,700 | 47,032 | 2.32 | 0.070 |
1960 | 2,120,898 | 48,198 | 2.33 | 0.070 |
1961 | 2,170,344 | 49,446 | 2.33 | 0.070 |
1962 | 2,221,125 | 50,781 | 2.34 | 0.071 |
1963 | 2,273,351 | 52,226 | 2.35 | 0.071 |
1964 | 2,327,137 | 53,786 | 2.37 | 0.071 |
1965 | 2,382,594 | 55,457 | 2.38 | 0.071 |
1966 | 2,439,196 | 56,602 | 2.38 | 0.072 |
1967 | 2,496,920 | 57,724 | 2.37 | 0.072 |
1968 | 2,556,852 | 59,932 | 2.40 | 0.072 |
1969 | 2,620,434 | 63,582 | 2.49 | 0.072 |
1970 | 2,688,428 | 67,994 | 2.59 | 0.073 |
1971 | 2,762,265 | 73,837 | 2.75 | 0.073 |
1972 | 2,840,841 | 78,576 | 2.84 | 0.074 |
1973 | 2,919,287 | 78,446 | 2.76 | 0.074 |
1974 | 2,990,965 | 71,678 | 2.46 | 0.075 |
1975 | 3,051,577 | 60,612 | 2.03 | 0.075 |
1976 | 3,098,973 | 47,396 | 1.55 | 0.075 |
1977 | 3,135,842 | 36,869 | 1.19 | 0.074 |
1978 | 3,168,843 | 33,001 | 1.05 | 0.074 |
1979 | 3,207,328 | 38,485 | 1.21 | 0.073 |
1980 | 3,258,144 | 50,816 | 1.58 | 0.073 |
1981 | 3,323,366 | 65,222 | 2.00 | 0.073 |
1982 | 3,401,191 | 77,825 | 2.34 | 0.074 |
1983 | 3,489,903 | 88,712 | 2.61 | 0.074 |
1984 | 3,586,316 | 96,413 | 2.76 | 0.075 |
1985 | 3,687,898 | 101,582 | 2.83 | 0.076 |
1986 | 3,794,198 | 106,300 | 2.88 | 0.076 |
1987 | 3,905,530 | 111,332 | 2.93 | 0.077 |
1988 | 4,020,811 | 115,281 | 2.95 | 0.078 |
1989 | 4,138,845 | 118,034 | 2.94 | 0.079 |
1990 | 4,258,472 | 119,627 | 2.89 | 0.080 |
1991 | 4,379,236 | 120,764 | 2.84 | 0.081 |
1992 | 4,500,351 | 121,115 | 2.77 | 0.082 |
1993 | 4,619,944 | 119,593 | 2.66 | 0.083 |
1994 | 4,735,845 | 115,901 | 2.51 | 0.084 |
1995 | 4,846,483 | 110,638 | 2.34 | 0.084 |
1996 | 4,951,195 | 104,712 | 2.16 | 0.085 |
1997 | 5,050,315 | 99,120 | 2.00 | 0.086 |
1998 | 5,144,602 | 94,287 | 1.87 | 0.086 |
1999 | 5,235,346 | 90,744 | 1.76 | 0.086 |
2000 | 5,323,700 | 88,354 | 1.69 | 0.087 |
2001 | 5,409,582 | 85,882 | 1.61 | 0.087 |
2002 | 5,493,246 | 83,664 | 1.55 | 0.087 |
2003 | 5,576,640 | 83,394 | 1.52 | 0.087 |
2004 | 5,662,208 | 85,568 | 1.53 | 0.088 |
2005 | 5,751,676 | 89,468 | 1.58 | 0.088 |
2006 | 5,846,074 | 94,398 | 1.64 | 0.088 |
2007 | 5,944,948 | 98,874 | 1.69 | 0.089 |
2008 | 6,046,620 | 101,672 | 1.71 | 0.089 |
2009 | 6,148,623 | 102,003 | 1.69 | 0.089 |
2010 | 6,249,165 | 100,542 | 1.64 | 0.090 |
2011 | 6,347,567 | 98,402 | 1.57 | 0.090 |
2012 | 6,444,530 | 96,963 | 1.53 | 0.090 |
2013 | 6,541,304 | 96,774 | 1.50 | 0.091 |
2014 | 6,639,756 | 98,452 | 1.51 | 0.091 |
2015 | 6,741,164 | 101,408 | 1.53 | 0.091 |
2016 | 6,845,846 | 104,682 | 1.55 | 0.092 |
2017 | 6,953,035 | 107,189 | 1.57 | 0.092 |
2018 | 7,061,507 | 108,472 | 1.56 | 0.093 |
2019 | 7,169,455 | 107,948 | 1.53 | 0.093 |
Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Net Change | rate (%) | to World | ||
2020 | 7,275,560 | 106,105 | 1.48 | 0.093 |
2021 | 7,379,358 | 103,798 | 1.43 | 0.094 |
2022 | 7,481,023 | 101,665 | 1.38 | 0.094 |
2023 | 7,580,613 | 99,590 | 1.33 | 0.094 |
2024 | 7,678,398 | 97,785 | 1.29 | 0.095 |
2025 | 7,774,533 | 96,135 | 1.25 | 0.095 |
2026 | 7,868,909 | 94,376 | 1.21 | 0.095 |
2027 | 7,961,305 | 92,396 | 1.17 | 0.096 |
2028 | 8,051,683 | 90,378 | 1.14 | 0.096 |
2029 | 8,140,021 | 88,338 | 1.10 | 0.096 |
2030 | 8,226,273 | 86,252 | 1.06 | 0.096 |
2031 | 8,310,415 | 84,142 | 1.02 | 0.096 |
2032 | 8,392,396 | 81,981 | 0.99 | 0.097 |
2033 | 8,472,242 | 79,846 | 0.95 | 0.097 |
2034 | 8,550,008 | 77,766 | 0.92 | 0.097 |
2035 | 8,625,713 | 75,705 | 0.89 | 0.097 |
2036 | 8,699,339 | 73,626 | 0.85 | 0.097 |
2037 | 8,770,833 | 71,494 | 0.82 | 0.097 |
2038 | 8,840,145 | 69,312 | 0.79 | 0.097 |
2039 | 8,907,192 | 67,047 | 0.76 | 0.097 |
2040 | 8,971,946 | 64,754 | 0.73 | 0.098 |
2041 | 9,034,332 | 62,386 | 0.70 | 0.098 |
2042 | 9,094,331 | 59,999 | 0.66 | 0.098 |
2043 | 9,151,847 | 57,516 | 0.63 | 0.098 |
2044 | 9,206,823 | 54,976 | 0.60 | 0.098 |
2045 | 9,259,156 | 52,333 | 0.57 | 0.098 |
2046 | 9,308,824 | 49,668 | 0.54 | 0.098 |
2047 | 9,355,784 | 46,960 | 0.50 | 0.098 |
2048 | 9,399,968 | 44,184 | 0.47 | 0.098 |
2049 | 9,441,306 | 41,338 | 0.44 | 0.097 |
2050 | 9,479,747 | 38,441 | 0.41 | 0.097 |
2051 | 9,515,247 | 35,500 | 0.37 | 0.097 |
2052 | 9,547,819 | 32,572 | 0.34 | 0.097 |
2053 | 9,577,474 | 29,655 | 0.31 | 0.097 |
2054 | 9,604,278 | 26,804 | 0.28 | 0.097 |
2055 | 9,628,268 | 23,990 | 0.25 | 0.097 |
2056 | 9,649,447 | 21,179 | 0.22 | 0.097 |
2057 | 9,667,832 | 18,385 | 0.19 | 0.096 |
2058 | 9,683,416 | 15,584 | 0.16 | 0.096 |
2059 | 9,696,228 | 12,812 | 0.13 | 0.096 |
2060 | 9,706,265 | 10,037 | 0.10 | 0.096 |
2061 | 9,713,572 | 7,307 | 0.08 | 0.095 |
2062 | 9,718,169 | 4,597 | 0.05 | 0.095 |
2063 | 9,720,066 | 1,897 | 0.02 | 0.095 |
2064 | 9,719,296 | -770 | -0.01 | 0.094 |
2065 | 9,715,889 | -3,407 | -0.04 | 0.094 |
2066 | 9,709,881 | -6,008 | -0.06 | 0.094 |
2067 | 9,701,316 | -8,565 | -0.09 | 0.093 |
2068 | 9,690,255 | -11,061 | -0.11 | 0.093 |
2069 | 9,676,730 | -13,525 | -0.14 | 0.093 |
2070 | 9,660,820 | -15,910 | -0.16 | 0.092 |
2071 | 9,642,565 | -18,255 | -0.19 | 0.092 |
2072 | 9,622,034 | -20,531 | -0.21 | 0.092 |
2073 | 9,599,323 | -22,711 | -0.24 | 0.091 |
2074 | 9,574,517 | -24,806 | -0.26 | 0.091 |
2075 | 9,547,727 | -26,790 | -0.28 | 0.090 |
2076 | 9,519,016 | -28,711 | -0.30 | 0.090 |
2077 | 9,488,442 | -30,574 | -0.32 | 0.089 |
2078 | 9,456,105 | -32,337 | -0.34 | 0.089 |
2079 | 9,422,103 | -34,002 | -0.36 | 0.088 |
2080 | 9,386,514 | -35,589 | -0.38 | 0.088 |
2081 | 9,349,416 | -37,098 | -0.40 | 0.087 |
2082 | 9,310,867 | -38,549 | -0.41 | 0.087 |
2083 | 9,270,927 | -39,940 | -0.43 | 0.086 |
2084 | 9,229,650 | -41,277 | -0.45 | 0.086 |
2085 | 9,187,102 | -42,548 | -0.46 | 0.085 |
2086 | 9,143,328 | -43,774 | -0.48 | 0.085 |
2087 | 9,098,394 | -44,934 | -0.49 | 0.084 |
2088 | 9,052,324 | -46,070 | -0.51 | 0.084 |
2089 | 9,005,129 | -47,195 | -0.52 | 0.083 |
2090 | 8,956,836 | -48,293 | -0.54 | 0.083 |
2091 | 8,907,497 | -49,339 | -0.55 | 0.082 |
2092 | 8,857,146 | -50,351 | -0.57 | 0.082 |
2093 | 8,805,848 | -51,298 | -0.58 | 0.081 |
2094 | 8,753,650 | -52,198 | -0.59 | 0.081 |
2095 | 8,700,613 | -53,037 | -0.61 | 0.080 |
2096 | 8,646,765 | -53,848 | -0.62 | 0.080 |
2097 | 8,592,152 | -54,613 | -0.63 | 0.079 |
2098 | 8,536,800 | -55,352 | -0.64 | 0.079 |
2099 | 8,480,737 | -56,063 | -0.66 | 0.078 |
2100 | 8,423,979 | -56,758 | -0.67 | 0.077 |