Population of Laos

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	18 Nov 2024

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The current population of Laos is 7,870,098 as of June 16, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Laos is projected at 7,769,819, or 7.77 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Laos is projected at 7,664,993, or 7.66 million people for the year 2023.

Laos ranks 103rd in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Laos is ranked 32nd among 51 countries and territories in Asia.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Laos population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	1,664,173	1,684,550	40,754	2.419	0.07
1951	1,704,927	1,725,243	40,631	2.355	0.07
1952	1,745,558	1,766,179	41,242	2.335	0.07
1953	1,786,800	1,807,812	42,024	2.325	0.07
1954	1,828,824	1,850,128	42,608	2.303	0.07
1955	1,871,432	1,893,213	43,562	2.301	0.07
1956	1,914,994	1,937,229	44,470	2.296	0.07
1957	1,959,464	1,982,134	45,341	2.288	0.07
1958	2,004,805	2,028,026	46,443	2.290	0.07
1959	2,051,248	2,074,485	46,473	2.240	0.07
1960	2,097,721	2,121,514	47,585	2.243	0.07
1961	2,145,306	2,169,796	48,979	2.257	0.07
1962	2,194,285	2,219,910	51,249	2.309	0.07
1963	2,245,534	2,271,061	51,053	2.248	0.07
1964	2,296,587	2,322,826	52,478	2.259	0.07
1965	2,349,065	2,376,200	54,269	2.284	0.07
1966	2,403,334	2,431,084	55,501	2.283	0.07
1967	2,458,835	2,487,715	57,760	2.322	0.07
1968	2,516,595	2,546,377	59,564	2.339	0.07
1969	2,576,159	2,606,959	61,600	2.363	0.07
1970	2,637,759	2,669,702	63,886	2.393	0.07
1971	2,701,645	2,734,628	65,966	2.412	0.07
1972	2,767,611	2,801,660	68,098	2.431	0.07
1973	2,835,709	2,870,573	69,727	2.429	0.07
1974	2,905,436	2,939,761	68,650	2.335	0.07
1975	2,974,086	3,005,521	62,871	2.092	0.07
1976	3,036,957	3,064,876	55,839	1.822	0.07
1977	3,092,796	3,118,923	52,253	1.675	0.07
1978	3,145,049	3,171,740	53,383	1.683	0.07
1979	3,198,432	3,228,202	59,541	1.844	0.07
1980	3,257,973	3,292,573	69,201	2.102	0.07
1981	3,327,174	3,366,631	78,913	2.344	0.07
1982	3,406,087	3,450,026	87,878	2.547	0.07
1983	3,493,965	3,541,001	94,073	2.657	0.08
1984	3,588,038	3,637,843	99,611	2.738	0.08
1985	3,687,649	3,739,985	104,671	2.799	0.08
1986	3,792,320	3,846,715	108,789	2.828	0.08
1987	3,901,109	3,957,612	113,006	2.856	0.08
1988	4,014,115	4,072,601	116,972	2.872	0.08
1989	4,131,087	4,190,974	119,773	2.858	0.08
1990	4,250,860	4,311,955	122,190	2.834	0.08
1991	4,373,050	4,435,118	124,135	2.799	0.08
1992	4,497,185	4,559,646	124,923	2.740	0.08
1993	4,622,108	4,685,060	125,904	2.688	0.08
1994	4,748,012	4,809,220	122,416	2.546	0.08
1995	4,870,428	4,929,409	117,962	2.393	0.09
1996	4,988,390	5,045,678	114,577	2.271	0.09
1997	5,102,967	5,152,011	98,089	1.904	0.09
1998	5,201,056	5,248,266	94,420	1.799	0.09
1999	5,295,476	5,340,784	90,617	1.697	0.09
2000	5,386,093	5,431,212	90,239	1.662	0.09
2001	5,476,332	5,521,482	90,300	1.635	0.09
2002	5,566,632	5,610,889	88,513	1.578	0.09
2003	5,655,145	5,697,945	85,600	1.502	0.09
2004	5,740,745	5,781,626	81,761	1.414	0.09
2005	5,822,506	5,869,523	94,034	1.602	0.09
2006	5,916,540	5,963,200	93,320	1.565	0.09
2007	6,009,860	6,056,236	92,753	1.532	0.09
2008	6,102,613	6,148,969	92,712	1.508	0.09
2009	6,195,325	6,241,642	92,634	1.484	0.09
2010	6,287,959	6,334,194	92,470	1.460	0.09
2011	6,380,429	6,426,590	92,322	1.437	0.09
2012	6,472,751	6,518,978	92,454	1.418	0.09
2013	6,565,205	6,611,385	92,359	1.397	0.09
2014	6,657,564	6,703,172	91,215	1.361	0.09
2015	6,748,779	6,801,645	105,733	1.555	0.09
2016	6,854,512	6,908,802	108,581	1.572	0.09
2017	6,963,093	7,018,147	110,108	1.569	0.09
2018	7,073,201	7,128,045	109,688	1.539	0.09
2019	7,182,889	7,237,636	109,493	1.513	0.09
2020	7,292,382	7,346,533	108,301	1.474	0.09
2021	7,400,683	7,453,194	105,021	1.409	0.09
2022	7,505,704	7,559,007	106,607	1.410	0.09
2023	7,612,311	7,664,993	105,363	1.375	0.09

Laos population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	7,717,674	7,769,819	104,290	1.342	0.10
2025	7,821,964	7,873,046	102,163	1.298	0.10
2026	7,924,127	7,974,017	99,781	1.251	0.10
2027	8,023,908	8,072,922	98,027	1.214	0.10
2028	8,121,935	8,169,792	95,715	1.172	0.10
2029	8,217,650	8,264,400	93,501	1.131	0.10
2030	8,311,151	8,357,023	91,744	1.098	0.10
2031	8,402,895	8,447,765	89,741	1.062	0.10
2032	8,492,636	8,536,451	87,629	1.027	0.10
2033	8,580,265	8,622,827	85,124	0.987	0.10
2034	8,665,389	8,706,827	82,876	0.952	0.10
2035	8,748,265	8,788,756	80,983	0.921	0.10
2036	8,829,248	8,868,879	79,262	0.894	0.10
2037	8,908,510	8,947,243	77,465	0.866	0.10
2038	8,985,975	9,023,859	75,768	0.840	0.10
2039	9,061,743	9,097,892	72,298	0.795	0.10
2040	9,134,041	9,169,002	69,921	0.763	0.10
2041	9,203,962	9,238,102	68,280	0.739	0.10
2042	9,272,242	9,305,406	66,327	0.713	0.10
2043	9,338,569	9,370,047	62,955	0.672	0.10
2044	9,401,524	9,432,308	61,567	0.653	0.10
2045	9,463,091	9,492,503	58,823	0.620	0.10
2046	9,521,914	9,550,340	56,851	0.595	0.10
2047	9,578,765	9,605,806	54,082	0.563	0.10
2048	9,632,847	9,659,039	52,384	0.542	0.10
2049	9,685,231	9,709,614	48,767	0.502	0.10
2050	9,733,998	9,757,285	46,575	0.477	0.10
2051	9,780,573	9,802,787	44,427	0.453	0.10
2052	9,825,000	9,845,849	41,698	0.424	0.10
2053	9,866,698	9,886,186	38,976	0.394	0.10
2054	9,905,674	9,923,709	36,070	0.363	0.10
2055	9,941,744	9,958,044	32,600	0.327	0.10
2056	9,974,344	9,989,662	30,635	0.307	0.10
2057	10,004,979	10,019,089	28,220	0.282	0.10
2058	10,033,199	10,045,954	25,510	0.254	0.10
2059	10,058,709	10,069,852	22,286	0.221	0.10
2060	10,080,995	10,090,954	19,919	0.197	0.10
2061	10,100,914	10,109,538	17,248	0.171	0.10
2062	10,118,162	10,125,228	14,132	0.140	0.10
2063	10,132,294	10,138,215	11,841	0.117	0.10
2064	10,144,135	10,148,780	9,290	0.092	0.10
2065	10,153,425	10,156,761	6,672	0.066	0.10
2066	10,160,097	10,162,673	5,151	0.051	0.10
2067	10,165,248	10,166,112	1,727	0.017	0.10
2068	10,166,975	10,166,800	-349	-0.003	0.10
2069	10,166,626	10,164,933	-3,385	-0.033	0.10
2070	10,163,241	10,160,170	-6,142	-0.060	0.10
2071	10,157,099	10,153,550	-7,097	-0.070	0.10
2072	10,150,002	10,145,163	-9,678	-0.095	0.10
2073	10,140,324	10,134,199	-12,250	-0.121	0.10
2074	10,128,074	10,120,901	-14,346	-0.142	0.10
2075	10,113,728	10,105,666	-16,124	-0.160	0.10
2076	10,097,604	10,089,014	-17,180	-0.170	0.10
2077	10,080,424	10,070,412	-20,025	-0.199	0.10
2078	10,060,399	10,049,637	-21,524	-0.214	0.10
2079	10,038,875	10,027,213	-23,323	-0.233	0.10
2080	10,015,552	10,003,388	-24,327	-0.243	0.10
2081	9,991,225	9,978,227	-25,997	-0.261	0.10
2082	9,965,228	9,951,553	-27,350	-0.275	0.10
2083	9,937,878	9,923,272	-29,212	-0.294	0.10
2084	9,908,666	9,893,573	-30,187	-0.305	0.10
2085	9,878,479	9,862,427	-32,103	-0.326	0.10
2086	9,846,376	9,829,593	-33,566	-0.341	0.10
2087	9,812,810	9,795,443	-34,733	-0.355	0.10
2088	9,778,077	9,759,973	-36,208	-0.371	0.09
2089	9,741,869	9,723,208	-37,322	-0.384	0.09
2090	9,704,547	9,685,342	-38,410	-0.397	0.09
2091	9,666,137	9,646,343	-39,589	-0.410	0.09
2092	9,626,548	9,606,422	-40,253	-0.419	0.09
2093	9,586,295	9,565,638	-41,315	-0.432	0.09
2094	9,544,980	9,523,909	-42,141	-0.442	0.09
2095	9,502,839	9,481,487	-42,705	-0.450	0.09
2096	9,460,134	9,438,365	-43,538	-0.461	0.09
2097	9,416,596	9,394,350	-44,492	-0.474	0.09
2098	9,372,104	9,349,285	-45,637	-0.488	0.09
2099	9,326,467	9,303,187	-46,560	-0.500	0.09
2100	9,279,907	9,256,278	-47,258	-0.511	0.09