Cambodia vs Laos statistics compared

Cambodia has a population of 17.6M (ranked 73/197), compared with 7.77M in Laos (ranked 103/197). Cambodia's land area is 68,155 sq mi versus 89,112 sq mi for Laos (ranked 88th vs. 79th).

By GDP, Cambodia ranks 97/197 ($46.4B) and Laos ranks 139/197 ($16.5B). By GDP per capita, Cambodia ranks 145/197 ($2,628), while Laos ranks 155/197 ($2,124).

Cambodia and Laos: Comparison Charts

Cambodia and Laos economies compared

GDP

Cambodia

Laos

Table

Year	GDP
	Cambodia	Laos
1975	$749,129,748	-
1976	$790,357,255	-
1977	$716,261,764	-
1978	$766,642,356	-
1979	$723,738,503	-
1980	$744,384,130	-
1981	$815,153,652	-
1982	$865,516,040	-
1983	$939,291,262	-
1984	$1,021,176,059	$1,757,142,856
1985	$1,102,669,184	$2,366,666,616
1986	$1,167,630,318	$1,776,842,097
1987	$1,036,974,910	$1,087,273,104
1988	$1,662,877,859	$598,961,269
1989	$1,353,137,648	$714,046,821
1990	$1,402,541,177	$865,559,879
1991	$2,054,974,089	$1,028,087,972
1992	$2,491,486,594	$1,127,806,945
1993	$2,533,727,592	$1,327,748,690
1994	$2,791,435,272	$1,543,606,345
1995	$3,441,205,693	$1,763,536,305
1996	$3,506,695,720	$1,873,671,550
1997	$3,443,413,389	$1,747,011,857
1998	$3,120,425,503	$1,280,177,839
1999	$3,517,242,477	$1,454,430,642
2000	$3,694,168,979	$1,731,198,022
2001	$4,145,665,970	$1,768,619,058
2002	$4,501,227,627	$1,758,176,653
2003	$5,046,693,484	$2,023,324,407
2004	$5,883,297,160	$2,366,398,120
2005	$7,066,296,463	$2,735,558,735
2006	$8,350,531,017	$3,455,030,061
2007	$10,127,916,460	$4,223,152,739
2008	$12,174,303,999	$5,446,433,157
2009	$12,502,901,170	$5,836,137,330
2010	$13,808,673,288	$7,131,771,015
2011	$16,032,622,024	$8,750,104,617
2012	$17,826,536,700	$10,192,846,339
2013	$19,807,135,253	$11,983,252,627
2014	$22,041,463,968	$13,279,245,886
2015	$24,174,170,369	$14,426,380,126
2016	$26,556,545,153	$15,912,501,723
2017	$29,355,665,910	$17,071,155,481
2018	$33,145,892,169	$18,141,641,090
2019	$36,685,356,408	$18,740,561,513
2020	$34,818,073,901	$18,981,805,250
2021	$36,790,163,687	$18,827,148,531
2022	$39,994,532,960	$15,468,785,204
2023	$42,335,646,896	$15,843,155,731
2024	$46,352,647,035	$16,502,933,121

Cambodia and Laos economies compared

GDP per capita

Cambodia

Laos

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Cambodia	Laos
1975	$113.8	-
1976	$128.8	-
1977	$126.4	-
1978	$147.1	-
1979	$142.2	-
1980	$143.2	-
1981	$154.3	-
1982	$159.2	-
1983	$166.7	-
1984	$174.7	$483
1985	$182.4	$633
1986	$185.8	$462
1987	$158.1	$274.7
1988	$244.1	$147.1
1989	$191.3	$170.4
1990	$190.2	$200.7
1991	$267.3	$231.8
1992	$307	$247.3
1993	$294.1	$283.4
1994	$302	$321
1995	$343	$358
1996	$325	$371
1997	$297.6	$339
1998	$258.8	$243.9
1999	$286.8	$272.3
2000	$296.4	$319
2001	$328	$320
2002	$350	$313
2003	$387	$355
2004	$444	$409
2005	$526	$466
2006	$612	$579
2007	$732	$697
2008	$866	$886
2009	$876	$935
2010	$952	$1,126
2011	$1,089	$1,362
2012	$1,193	$1,564
2013	$1,306	$1,813
2014	$1,432	$1,981
2015	$1,547	$2,121
2016	$1,675	$2,303
2017	$1,826	$2,432
2018	$2,037	$2,545
2019	$2,226	$2,589
2020	$2,082	$2,584
2021	$2,167	$2,526
2022	$2,325	$2,046
2023	$2,430	$2,067
2024	$2,628	$2,124

Cambodia vs. Laos life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Cambodia

Laos

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Cambodia	Laos
1950	38.9	38.9
1951	39	39.2
1952	39.3	39.4
1953	39.6	39.7
1954	39.9	40
1955	40.3	40.3
1956	40.5	40.6
1957	40.9	40.9
1958	41.2	41.2
1959	41.7	40.7
1960	42.1	41
1961	42.6	41.3
1962	43.1	42.3
1963	43.6	41.5
1964	44	41.9
1965	44.5	42.2
1966	44.9	42.3
1967	45.2	42.9
1968	45.6	43.2
1969	45.9	43.5
1970	38.6	43.8
1971	38.7	44.1
1972	38.9	44.4
1973	39.1	44.7
1974	39.3	45.9
1975	12.8	46.1
1976	11.6	46
1977	11.3	46.4
1978	11.6	46.8
1979	41.1	47.5
1980	47.5	48.6
1981	48	49.2
1982	48.8	49.9
1983	49.4	50.5
1984	50.1	51
1985	50.8	51.6
1986	51.6	52.1
1987	53.7	52.6
1988	54.4	53.1
1989	54.8	53.6
1990	55.2	54
1991	55.6	54.7
1992	55.7	55.1
1993	56	55.6
1994	56.2	55.8
1995	56.6	56.3
1996	56.8	56.8
1997	57.3	57.3
1998	57.9	57.5
1999	58.6	57.9
2000	59.5	58.3
2001	60.5	58.9
2002	61.4	59.3
2003	62.3	59.6
2004	63.3	60.1
2005	64.1	60.7
2006	64.9	61.1
2007	65.5	61.7
2008	66.1	62.2
2009	66.7	63
2010	67.3	63.7
2011	67.9	64.5
2012	68.4	65.1
2013	68.8	65.7
2014	69.1	66.3
2015	69.4	66.7
2016	69.6	67
2017	69.8	67.3
2018	70	67.6
2019	70.1	67.9
2020	70.1	68.3
2021	69.3	67.8
2022	70.5	68.7
2023	70.7	69
2024	70.8	69.2
2025	71	69.5

Cambodia and Laos population clocks and comparison

Population

Cambodia

Laos

Table

Year	Population
	Cambodia	Laos
1960	5,449,966	2,121,514
1961	5,571,168	2,169,796
1962	5,697,558	2,219,910
1963	5,823,010	2,271,061
1964	5,946,178	2,322,826
1965	6,072,289	2,376,200
1966	6,201,232	2,431,084
1967	6,332,944	2,487,715
1968	6,467,324	2,546,377
1969	6,604,725	2,606,959
1970	6,639,182	2,669,702
1971	6,620,880	2,734,628
1972	6,673,886	2,801,660
1973	6,739,726	2,870,573
1974	6,783,240	2,939,761
1975	6,581,371	3,005,521
1976	6,134,991	3,064,876
1977	5,668,551	3,118,923
1978	5,211,653	3,171,740
1979	5,088,808	3,228,202
1980	5,199,872	3,292,573
1981	5,284,495	3,366,631
1982	5,436,432	3,450,026
1983	5,636,203	3,541,001
1984	5,845,117	3,637,843
1985	6,043,783	3,739,985
1986	6,285,693	3,846,715
1987	6,557,970	3,957,612
1988	6,812,014	4,072,601
1989	7,073,473	4,190,974
1990	7,374,752	4,311,955
1991	7,686,850	4,435,118
1992	8,113,083	4,559,646
1993	8,616,381	4,685,060
1994	9,239,162	4,809,220
1995	10,018,497	4,929,409
1996	10,801,270	5,045,678
1997	11,570,982	5,152,011
1998	12,058,173	5,248,266
1999	12,265,731	5,340,784
2000	12,462,336	5,431,212
2001	12,658,484	5,521,482
2002	12,855,241	5,610,889
2003	13,050,968	5,697,945
2004	13,244,731	5,781,626
2005	13,439,202	5,869,523
2006	13,639,028	5,963,200
2007	13,841,770	6,056,236
2008	14,053,479	6,148,969
2009	14,276,810	6,241,642
2010	14,500,726	6,334,194
2011	14,722,584	6,426,590
2012	14,945,085	6,518,978
2013	15,170,208	6,611,385
2014	15,396,772	6,703,172
2015	15,623,251	6,801,645
2016	15,852,803	6,908,802
2017	16,073,372	7,018,147
2018	16,274,522	7,128,045
2019	16,481,304	7,237,636
2020	16,725,474	7,346,533
2021	16,974,305	7,453,194
2022	17,201,724	7,559,007
2023	17,423,880	7,664,993
2024	17,638,801	7,769,819

Fertility rates in Cambodia and Laos

Fertility rate

Cambodia

Laos

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Cambodia	Laos
1960	6.31	6.29
1961	6.3	6.31
1962	6.3	6.31
1963	6.29	6.32
1964	6.29	6.31
1965	6.27	6.32
1966	6.24	6.31
1967	6.2	6.31
1968	6.17	6.3
1969	6.12	6.3
1970	6.07	6.31
1971	6.01	6.3
1972	5.94	6.28
1973	5.56	6.28
1974	4.8	6.29
1975	4.1	6.29
1976	3.41	6.29
1977	2.72	6.29
1978	3.34	6.3
1979	4.56	6.31
1980	5.77	6.33
1981	6.04	6.35
1982	6.19	6.37
1983	6.3	6.38
1984	6.34	6.37
1985	6.31	6.33
1986	6.23	6.26
1987	6.1	6.21
1988	5.94	6.16
1989	5.68	6.1
1990	5.64	6.06
1991	5.59	5.99
1992	5.49	5.9
1993	5.43	5.8
1994	5.28	5.6
1995	5.08	5.36
1996	4.87	5.15
1997	4.39	4.96
1998	4.13	4.79
1999	3.93	4.64
2000	3.79	4.43
2001	3.69	4.29
2002	3.57	4.13
2003	3.43	4.02
2004	3.31	3.9
2005	3.24	3.69
2006	3.18	3.56
2007	3.13	3.44
2008	3.05	3.33
2009	2.97	3.23
2010	2.86	3.14
2011	2.78	3.05
2012	2.75	2.95
2013	2.74	2.87
2014	2.73	2.8
2015	2.73	2.8
2016	2.73	2.74
2017	2.72	2.69
2018	2.72	2.63
2019	2.73	2.59
2020	2.7	2.54
2021	2.66	2.49
2022	2.62	2.46
2023	2.58	2.42

Cambodia and Laos demographics compared

Median age

Cambodia

Laos

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Cambodia	Laos
1960	18.1	19.2
1961	18.1	19.2
1962	18.1	19.1
1963	18	19
1964	18	19
1965	17.9	18.9
1966	17.9	18.9
1967	17.9	18.9
1968	17.8	18.8
1969	17.8	18.8
1970	17.6	18.7
1971	17.3	18.7
1972	17.2	18.7
1973	17.2	18.7
1974	17.2	18.6
1975	17.2	18.5
1976	17.2	18.4
1977	17.3	18.3
1978	17.4	18.1
1979	17.6	18
1980	17.8	17.9
1981	17.7	17.9
1982	17.8	17.8
1983	17.9	17.8
1984	17.9	17.8
1985	17.9	17.8
1986	18	17.8
1987	18.1	17.8
1988	18.1	17.9
1989	18.1	17.9
1990	18.1	17.9
1991	18	17.9
1992	18.1	17.9
1993	18.4	17.9
1994	18	17.9
1995	17.3	17.9
1996	17.1	17.9
1997	17.2	18
1998	17.4	18
1999	17.7	18
2000	18.1	18.1
2001	18.5	18.2
2002	18.9	18.4
2003	19.3	18.5
2004	19.7	18.7
2005	20.1	18.9
2006	20.6	19.2
2007	21.1	19.6
2008	21.6	20
2009	22	20.5
2010	22.4	21
2011	22.7	21.4
2012	23.1	21.9
2013	23.5	22.3
2014	23.9	22.7
2015	24.2	23
2016	24.6	23.3
2017	25	23.6
2018	25.5	23.8
2019	25.8	24.1
2020	26.1	24.4
2021	26.3	24.7
2022	26.5	25
2023	26.8	25.3
2024	27	25.6

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