Population of Laos

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	28 Apr 2024

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The current population of Laos is 7,799,330 as of October 12, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Laos is projected at 7,736,681, or 7.74 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Laos is projected at 7,633,779, or 7.63 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	1,684,674	41,001	2.434	0.07
1951	1,705,174	1,725,432	40,517	2.348	0.07
1952	1,745,691	1,766,294	41,206	2.333	0.07
1953	1,786,897	1,807,910	42,026	2.325	0.07
1954	1,828,923	1,850,256	42,666	2.306	0.07
1955	1,871,589	1,893,389	43,599	2.303	0.07
1956	1,915,188	1,937,517	44,658	2.305	0.07
1957	1,959,846	1,982,575	45,458	2.293	0.07
1958	2,005,304	2,028,591	46,575	2.296	0.07
1959	2,051,879	2,075,229	46,701	2.250	0.07
1960	2,098,580	2,122,532	47,905	2.257	0.07
1961	2,146,485	2,171,141	49,312	2.271	0.07
1962	2,195,797	2,221,615	51,635	2.324	0.07
1963	2,247,432	2,273,219	51,574	2.269	0.07
1964	2,299,006	2,325,513	53,014	2.280	0.07
1965	2,352,020	2,379,456	54,872	2.306	0.07
1966	2,406,892	2,434,861	55,939	2.298	0.07
1967	2,462,831	2,491,927	58,192	2.335	0.07
1968	2,521,023	2,551,070	60,093	2.356	0.07
1969	2,581,116	2,612,111	61,990	2.373	0.07
1970	2,643,106	2,675,283	64,354	2.406	0.07
1971	2,707,460	2,740,732	66,544	2.428	0.07
1972	2,774,004	2,808,290	68,572	2.442	0.07
1973	2,842,576	2,877,561	69,971	2.432	0.07
1974	2,912,547	2,946,882	68,670	2.330	0.07
1975	2,981,217	3,012,720	63,006	2.091	0.07
1976	3,044,223	3,072,017	55,587	1.810	0.07
1977	3,099,810	3,125,742	51,864	1.659	0.07
1978	3,151,674	3,177,945	52,543	1.653	0.07
1979	3,204,217	3,233,700	58,967	1.824	0.07
1980	3,263,184	3,297,519	68,671	2.083	0.07
1981	3,331,855	3,370,993	78,276	2.322	0.07
1982	3,410,131	3,453,691	87,121	2.523	0.07
1983	3,497,252	3,543,861	93,218	2.631	0.08
1984	3,590,470	3,639,956	98,973	2.719	0.08
1985	3,689,443	3,741,604	104,321	2.788	0.08
1986	3,793,764	3,848,390	109,251	2.839	0.08
1987	3,903,015	3,959,697	113,364	2.863	0.08
1988	4,016,379	4,074,961	117,165	2.875	0.08
1989	4,133,544	4,193,532	119,975	2.861	0.08
1990	4,253,519	4,314,443	121,847	2.824	0.08
1991	4,375,366	4,437,225	123,717	2.788	0.08
1992	4,499,083	4,561,106	124,046	2.720	0.08
1993	4,623,129	4,685,296	124,334	2.654	0.08
1994	4,747,463	4,807,950	120,975	2.516	0.08
1995	4,868,438	4,927,432	117,988	2.395	0.09
1996	4,986,426	5,043,914	114,976	2.280	0.09
1997	5,101,402	5,150,538	98,271	1.908	0.09
1998	5,199,673	5,246,922	94,497	1.801	0.09
1999	5,294,170	5,340,056	91,771	1.719	0.09
2000	5,385,941	5,430,853	89,824	1.654	0.09
2001	5,475,765	5,519,707	87,884	1.592	0.09
2002	5,563,649	5,606,101	84,904	1.515	0.09
2003	5,648,553	5,689,065	81,023	1.424	0.09
2004	5,729,576	5,768,167	77,183	1.338	0.09
2005	5,806,759	5,852,970	92,422	1.579	0.09
2006	5,899,181	5,946,593	94,824	1.595	0.09
2007	5,994,005	6,041,348	94,686	1.567	0.09
2008	6,088,691	6,135,861	94,341	1.538	0.09
2009	6,183,032	6,229,930	93,795	1.506	0.09
2010	6,276,827	6,323,418	93,183	1.474	0.09
2011	6,370,010	6,416,327	92,633	1.444	0.09
2012	6,462,643	6,508,803	92,321	1.418	0.09
2013	6,554,964	6,600,742	91,555	1.387	0.09
2014	6,646,519	6,691,454	89,870	1.343	0.09
2015	6,736,389	6,787,419	102,060	1.504	0.09
2016	6,838,449	6,891,363	105,827	1.536	0.09
2017	6,944,276	6,997,917	107,282	1.533	0.09
2018	7,051,558	7,105,006	106,895	1.505	0.09
2019	7,158,453	7,212,053	107,200	1.486	0.09
2020	7,265,653	7,319,399	107,492	1.469	0.09
2021	7,373,145	7,425,057	103,825	1.398	0.09

Laos population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	7,476,970	7,529,475	105,010	1.395	0.09
2023	7,581,980	7,633,779	103,597	1.357	0.09
2024	7,685,577	7,736,681	102,208	1.321	0.10
2025	7,787,785	7,838,305	101,039	1.289	0.10
2026	7,888,824	7,938,533	99,418	1.252	0.10
2027	7,988,242	8,037,043	97,602	1.214	0.10
2028	8,085,844	8,133,739	95,791	1.178	0.10
2029	8,181,635	8,228,567	93,865	1.141	0.10
2030	8,275,500	8,321,287	91,573	1.100	0.10
2031	8,367,073	8,411,762	89,378	1.063	0.10
2032	8,456,451	8,500,404	87,905	1.034	0.10
2033	8,544,356	8,587,263	85,814	0.999	0.10
2034	8,630,170	8,672,294	84,248	0.971	0.10
2035	8,714,418	8,755,745	82,653	0.944	0.10
2036	8,797,071	8,837,553	80,965	0.916	0.10
2037	8,878,036	8,917,466	78,859	0.884	0.10
2038	8,956,895	8,995,350	76,909	0.855	0.10
2039	9,033,804	9,071,242	74,875	0.825	0.10
2040	9,108,679	9,145,206	73,053	0.799	0.10
2041	9,181,732	9,217,336	71,208	0.773	0.10
2042	9,252,940	9,287,445	69,011	0.743	0.10
2043	9,321,951	9,355,580	67,258	0.719	0.10
2044	9,389,209	9,421,852	65,286	0.693	0.10
2045	9,454,495	9,486,148	63,306	0.667	0.10
2046	9,517,801	9,548,627	61,651	0.646	0.10
2047	9,579,452	9,608,954	59,004	0.614	0.10
2048	9,638,456	9,666,799	56,687	0.586	0.10
2049	9,695,143	9,722,462	54,638	0.562	0.10
2050	9,749,781	9,775,552	51,542	0.527	0.10
2051	9,801,323	9,826,212	49,778	0.507	0.10
2052	9,851,101	9,874,652	47,102	0.477	0.10
2053	9,898,203	9,920,441	44,476	0.448	0.10
2054	9,942,679	9,963,631	41,905	0.421	0.10
2055	9,984,584	10,004,340	39,511	0.395	0.10
2056	10,024,095	10,042,677	37,164	0.370	0.10
2057	10,061,259	10,078,686	34,854	0.346	0.10
2058	10,096,113	10,112,192	32,158	0.318	0.10
2059	10,128,271	10,143,160	29,779	0.294	0.10
2060	10,158,050	10,171,501	26,901	0.264	0.10
2061	10,184,951	10,197,300	24,699	0.242	0.10
2062	10,209,650	10,220,536	21,772	0.213	0.10
2063	10,231,422	10,241,118	19,392	0.189	0.10
2064	10,250,814	10,259,403	17,177	0.167	0.10
2065	10,267,991	10,275,247	14,512	0.141	0.10
2066	10,282,503	10,288,580	12,154	0.118	0.10
2067	10,294,657	10,299,747	10,180	0.099	0.10
2068	10,304,837	10,308,683	7,691	0.075	0.10
2069	10,312,528	10,315,386	5,716	0.055	0.10
2070	10,318,244	10,319,961	3,435	0.033	0.10
2071	10,321,679	10,322,368	1,377	0.013	0.10
2072	10,323,056	10,322,819	-474	-0.005	0.10
2073	10,322,582	10,321,326	-2,512	-0.024	0.10
2074	10,320,070	10,317,821	-4,498	-0.044	0.10
2075	10,315,572	10,312,014	-7,115	-0.069	0.10
2076	10,308,457	10,303,987	-8,940	-0.087	0.10
2077	10,299,517	10,294,140	-10,753	-0.104	0.10
2078	10,288,764	10,282,586	-12,355	-0.120	0.10
2079	10,276,409	10,269,419	-13,980	-0.136	0.10
2080	10,262,429	10,254,460	-15,937	-0.155	0.10
2081	10,246,492	10,237,624	-17,736	-0.173	0.10
2082	10,228,756	10,219,220	-19,072	-0.187	0.10
2083	10,209,684	10,199,354	-20,659	-0.203	0.10
2084	10,189,025	10,178,145	-21,761	-0.214	0.10
2085	10,167,264	10,155,580	-23,368	-0.230	0.10
2086	10,143,896	10,131,710	-24,371	-0.241	0.10
2087	10,119,525	10,106,818	-25,414	-0.251	0.10
2088	10,094,111	10,080,954	-26,314	-0.261	0.10
2089	10,067,797	10,053,989	-27,615	-0.275	0.10
2090	10,040,182	10,025,916	-28,532	-0.285	0.10
2091	10,011,650	9,996,864	-29,572	-0.296	0.10
2092	9,982,078	9,966,802	-30,551	-0.307	0.10
2093	9,951,527	9,935,841	-31,373	-0.316	0.10
2094	9,920,154	9,904,101	-32,107	-0.324	0.10
2095	9,888,047	9,871,529	-33,036	-0.335	0.09
2096	9,855,011	9,837,878	-34,266	-0.348	0.09
2097	9,820,745	9,803,408	-34,674	-0.354	0.09
2098	9,786,071	9,768,134	-35,874	-0.367	0.09
2099	9,750,197	9,731,685	-37,023	-0.380	0.09
2100	9,713,174	9,694,234	-37,881	-0.391	0.09