Population of Laos

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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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

Laos population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	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

Laos population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	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