Japan vs Laos statistics compared

Japan has a population of 124M (ranked 12/197), compared with 7.77M in Laos (ranked 103/197). Japan's land area is 140,761 sq mi versus 89,112 sq mi for Laos (ranked 61st vs. 79th).

By GDP, Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T) and Laos ranks 139/197 ($16.5B). By GDP per capita, Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476), while Laos ranks 155/197 ($2,124).

Japan and Laos: Comparison Charts

Japan and Laos economies compared

GDP

Japan

Laos

Table

Year	GDP
	Japan	Laos
1960	$47,419,238,274	-
1961	$57,266,758,180	-
1962	$64,987,857,542	-
1963	$74,379,284,603	-
1964	$87,490,590,818	-
1965	$97,338,107,606	-
1966	$113,046,784,179	-
1967	$132,475,614,227	-
1968	$156,897,496,759	-
1969	$184,298,841,305	-
1970	$217,223,652,719	-
1971	$245,364,056,622	-
1972	$324,933,841,269	-
1973	$441,460,582,536	-
1974	$490,035,789,970	-
1975	$532,861,438,885	-
1976	$598,883,902,156	-
1977	$737,069,290,928	-
1978	$1,035,611,588,217	-
1979	$1,077,910,077,676	-
1980	$1,129,377,244,854	-
1981	$1,245,221,410,764	-
1982	$1,158,731,426,906	-
1983	$1,270,859,919,743	-
1984	$1,345,824,500,837	$1,757,142,856
1985	$1,427,019,759,717	$2,366,666,616
1986	$2,120,083,812,110	$1,776,842,097
1987	$2,580,748,422,781	$1,087,273,104
1988	$3,125,724,434,401	$598,961,269
1989	$3,109,455,047,824	$714,046,821
1990	$3,185,904,656,664	$865,559,879
1991	$3,648,065,760,649	$1,028,087,972
1992	$3,980,702,922,118	$1,127,806,945
1993	$4,536,940,479,038	$1,327,748,690
1994	$4,998,797,547,741	$1,543,606,345
1995	$5,545,563,663,890	$1,763,536,305
1996	$4,923,391,533,852	$1,873,671,550
1997	$4,492,448,605,639	$1,747,011,857
1998	$4,098,362,709,531	$1,280,177,839
1999	$4,635,982,224,064	$1,454,430,642
2000	$4,968,359,075,957	$1,731,198,022
2001	$4,374,711,694,091	$1,768,619,058
2002	$4,182,846,045,874	$1,758,176,653
2003	$4,519,561,645,254	$2,023,324,407
2004	$4,893,116,005,657	$2,366,398,120
2005	$4,831,467,035,390	$2,735,558,735
2006	$4,601,663,122,650	$3,455,030,061
2007	$4,579,750,920,355	$4,223,152,739
2008	$5,106,679,115,127	$5,446,433,157
2009	$5,289,493,117,994	$5,836,137,330
2010	$5,759,071,769,013	$7,131,771,015
2011	$6,233,147,172,341	$8,750,104,617
2012	$6,272,362,996,105	$10,192,846,339
2013	$5,212,328,181,166	$11,983,252,627
2014	$4,896,994,405,353	$13,279,245,886
2015	$4,444,930,651,964	$14,426,380,126
2016	$5,003,677,627,544	$15,912,501,723
2017	$4,930,837,369,151	$17,071,155,481
2018	$5,040,880,939,325	$18,141,641,090
2019	$5,117,993,853,017	$18,740,561,513
2020	$5,054,068,005,376	$18,981,805,250
2021	$5,039,148,168,861	$18,827,148,531
2022	$4,262,463,317,797	$15,468,785,204
2023	$4,213,167,237,906	$15,843,155,731
2024	$4,026,210,821,147	$16,502,933,121

Japan and Laos economies compared

GDP per capita

Japan

Laos

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Japan	Laos
1960	$509	-
1961	$609	-
1962	$685	-
1963	$776	-
1964	$903	-
1965	$994	-
1966	$1,144	-
1967	$1,326	-
1968	$1,553	-
1969	$1,803	-
1970	$2,101	-
1971	$2,321	-
1972	$3,031	-
1973	$4,061	-
1974	$4,448	-
1975	$4,776	-
1976	$5,310	-
1977	$6,473	-
1978	$9,012	-
1979	$9,301	-
1980	$9,669	-
1981	$10,583	-
1982	$9,780	-
1983	$10,652	-
1984	$11,207	$483
1985	$11,809	$633
1986	$17,452	$462
1987	$21,142	$274.7
1988	$25,500	$147.1
1989	$25,266	$170.4
1990	$25,801	$200.7
1991	$29,428	$231.8
1992	$31,993	$247.3
1993	$36,345	$283.4
1994	$39,934	$321
1995	$44,198	$358
1996	$39,150	$371
1997	$35,638	$339
1998	$32,424	$243.9
1999	$36,610	$272.3
2000	$39,169	$319
2001	$34,406	$320
2002	$32,821	$313
2003	$35,387	$355
2004	$38,299	$409
2005	$37,813	$466
2006	$35,992	$579
2007	$35,779	$697
2008	$39,876	$886
2009	$41,309	$935
2010	$44,968	$1,126
2011	$48,760	$1,362
2012	$49,145	$1,564
2013	$40,899	$1,813
2014	$38,475	$1,981
2015	$34,961	$2,121
2016	$39,375	$2,303
2017	$38,834	$2,432
2018	$39,751	$2,545
2019	$40,416	$2,589
2020	$40,029	$2,584
2021	$40,095	$2,526
2022	$34,066	$2,046
2023	$33,836	$2,067
2024	$32,476	$2,124

Japan vs. Laos life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Japan

Laos

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Japan	Laos
1950	59.3	38.9
1951	61	39.2
1952	63	39.4
1953	63.3	39.7
1954	64.5	40
1955	65.7	40.3
1956	65.6	40.6
1957	65.4	40.9
1958	67	41.2
1959	67.5	40.7
1960	67.7	41
1961	68.4	41.3
1962	68.7	42.3
1963	69.7	41.5
1964	70.2	41.9
1965	70.3	42.2
1966	71.1	42.3
1967	71.4	42.9
1968	71.7	43.2
1969	71.9	43.5
1970	72	43.8
1971	72.8	44.1
1972	73.3	44.4
1973	73.4	44.7
1974	73.8	45.9
1975	74.4	46.1
1976	74.8	46
1977	75.3	46.4
1978	75.7	46.8
1979	76.2	47.5
1980	76.1	48.6
1981	76.6	49.2
1982	77.1	49.9
1983	77.1	50.5
1984	77.5	51
1985	77.8	51.6
1986	78.2	52.1
1987	78.6	52.6
1988	78.5	53.1
1989	79	53.6
1990	79	54
1991	79.3	54.7
1992	79.3	55.1
1993	79.4	55.6
1994	79.8	55.8
1995	79.7	56.3
1996	80.4	56.8
1997	80.6	57.3
1998	80.6	57.5
1999	80.6	57.9
2000	81.2	58.3
2001	81.5	58.9
2002	81.8	59.3
2003	81.9	59.6
2004	82.1	60.1
2005	82	60.7
2006	82.4	61.1
2007	82.5	61.7
2008	82.6	62.2
2009	83	63
2010	82.9	63.7
2011	82.7	64.5
2012	83.2	65.1
2013	83.4	65.7
2014	83.6	66.3
2015	83.9	66.7
2016	84.1	67
2017	84.2	67.3
2018	84.3	67.6
2019	84.4	67.9
2020	84.7	68.3
2021	84.6	67.8
2022	84.1	68.7
2023	84.7	69
2024	84.9	69.2
2025	85	69.5

Japan and Laos population clocks and comparison

Population

Japan

Laos

Table

Year	Population
	Japan	Laos
1960	93,216,000	2,121,514
1961	94,055,000	2,169,796
1962	94,933,000	2,219,910
1963	95,900,000	2,271,061
1964	96,903,000	2,322,826
1965	97,952,000	2,376,200
1966	98,851,000	2,431,084
1967	99,879,000	2,487,715
1968	101,011,000	2,546,377
1969	102,219,000	2,606,959
1970	103,403,000	2,669,702
1971	105,697,000	2,734,628
1972	107,188,000	2,801,660
1973	108,707,000	2,870,573
1974	110,162,000	2,939,761
1975	111,573,000	3,005,521
1976	112,775,000	3,064,876
1977	113,872,000	3,118,923
1978	114,913,000	3,171,740
1979	115,890,000	3,228,202
1980	116,807,000	3,292,573
1981	117,661,000	3,366,631
1982	118,480,000	3,450,026
1983	119,307,000	3,541,001
1984	120,083,000	3,637,843
1985	120,837,000	3,739,985
1986	121,482,000	3,846,715
1987	122,069,000	3,957,612
1988	122,578,000	4,072,601
1989	123,069,000	4,190,974
1990	123,478,000	4,311,955
1991	123,964,000	4,435,118
1992	124,425,000	4,559,646
1993	124,829,000	4,685,060
1994	125,178,000	4,809,220
1995	125,472,000	4,929,409
1996	125,757,000	5,045,678
1997	126,057,000	5,152,011
1998	126,400,000	5,248,266
1999	126,631,000	5,340,784
2000	126,843,000	5,431,212
2001	127,149,000	5,521,482
2002	127,445,000	5,610,889
2003	127,718,000	5,697,945
2004	127,761,000	5,781,626
2005	127,773,000	5,869,523
2006	127,854,000	5,963,200
2007	128,001,000	6,056,236
2008	128,063,000	6,148,969
2009	128,047,000	6,241,642
2010	128,070,000	6,334,194
2011	127,833,000	6,426,590
2012	127,629,000	6,518,978
2013	127,445,000	6,611,385
2014	127,276,000	6,703,172
2015	127,141,000	6,801,645
2016	127,076,000	6,908,802
2017	126,972,000	7,018,147
2018	126,811,000	7,128,045
2019	126,633,000	7,237,636
2020	126,261,000	7,346,533
2021	125,681,593	7,453,194
2022	125,124,989	7,559,007
2023	124,516,650	7,664,993
2024	123,975,371	7,769,819

Fertility rates in Japan and Laos

Fertility rate

Japan

Laos

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Japan	Laos
1960	2	6.29
1961	1.96	6.31
1962	1.98	6.31
1963	2	6.32
1964	2.05	6.31
1965	2.14	6.32
1966	1.58	6.31
1967	2.23	6.31
1968	2.13	6.3
1969	2.13	6.3
1970	2.13	6.31
1971	2.16	6.3
1972	2.14	6.28
1973	2.14	6.28
1974	2.05	6.29
1975	1.91	6.29
1976	1.85	6.29
1977	1.8	6.29
1978	1.79	6.3
1979	1.77	6.31
1980	1.75	6.33
1981	1.74	6.35
1982	1.77	6.37
1983	1.8	6.38
1984	1.81	6.37
1985	1.76	6.33
1986	1.72	6.26
1987	1.69	6.21
1988	1.66	6.16
1989	1.57	6.1
1990	1.54	6.06
1991	1.53	5.99
1992	1.5	5.9
1993	1.46	5.8
1994	1.5	5.6
1995	1.42	5.36
1996	1.43	5.15
1997	1.39	4.96
1998	1.38	4.79
1999	1.34	4.64
2000	1.36	4.43
2001	1.33	4.29
2002	1.32	4.13
2003	1.29	4.02
2004	1.29	3.9
2005	1.26	3.69
2006	1.32	3.56
2007	1.34	3.44
2008	1.37	3.33
2009	1.37	3.23
2010	1.39	3.14
2011	1.39	3.05
2012	1.41	2.95
2013	1.43	2.87
2014	1.42	2.8
2015	1.45	2.8
2016	1.44	2.74
2017	1.43	2.69
2018	1.42	2.63
2019	1.36	2.59
2020	1.33	2.54
2021	1.3	2.49
2022	1.26	2.46
2023	1.2	2.42

Japan and Laos demographics compared

Median age

Japan

Laos

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Japan	Laos
1960	25.8	19.2
1961	26.2	19.2
1962	26.5	19.1
1963	26.9	19
1964	27.2	19
1965	27.6	18.9
1966	28	18.9
1967	28.4	18.9
1968	28.6	18.8
1969	28.9	18.8
1970	29.2	18.7
1971	29.6	18.7
1972	29.9	18.7
1973	30.2	18.7
1974	30.4	18.6
1975	30.6	18.5
1976	30.9	18.4
1977	31.5	18.3
1978	32	18.1
1979	32.4	18
1980	32.8	17.9
1981	33.1	17.9
1982	33.7	17.8
1983	34.3	17.8
1984	34.9	17.8
1985	35.4	17.8
1986	35.9	17.8
1987	36.3	17.8
1988	36.8	17.9
1989	37.2	17.9
1990	37.7	17.9
1991	38.2	17.9
1992	38.7	17.9
1993	39.2	17.9
1994	39.6	17.9
1995	40	17.9
1996	40.3	17.9
1997	40.7	18
1998	41	18
1999	41.4	18
2000	41.8	18.1
2001	42.1	18.2
2002	42.5	18.4
2003	42.8	18.5
2004	43.2	18.7
2005	43.6	18.9
2006	43.9	19.2
2007	44.2	19.6
2008	44.6	20
2009	44.9	20.5
2010	45.2	21
2011	45.5	21.4
2012	45.8	21.9
2013	46.2	22.3
2014	46.6	22.7
2015	47	23
2016	47.3	23.3
2017	47.6	23.6
2018	48	23.8
2019	48.3	24.1
2020	48.7	24.4
2021	49.1	24.7
2022	49.5	25
2023	50	25.3
2024	50.4	25.6

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