Laos vs Latvia statistics compared

Laos has a population of 7.77M (ranked 103/197), compared with 1.86M in Latvia (ranked 149/197). Laos' land area is 89,112 sq mi versus 24,027 sq mi for Latvia (ranked 79th vs. 121st).

By GDP, Laos ranks 139/197 ($16.5B) and Latvia ranks 100/197 ($43.5B). By GDP per capita, Laos ranks 155/197 ($2,124), while Latvia ranks 53/197 ($23,368).

Laos and Latvia: Comparison Charts

Laos and Latvia economies compared

GDP

Laos

Latvia

Table

Year	GDP
	Laos	Latvia
1984	$1,757,142,856	-
1985	$2,366,666,616	-
1986	$1,776,842,097	-
1987	$1,087,273,104	-
1988	$598,961,269	-
1989	$714,046,821	-
1990	$865,559,879	-
1991	$1,028,087,972	-
1992	$1,127,806,945	-
1993	$1,327,748,690	-
1994	$1,543,606,345	-
1995	$1,763,536,305	$5,608,208,785
1996	$1,873,671,550	$5,799,465,288
1997	$1,747,011,857	$6,349,481,007
1998	$1,280,177,839	$6,974,112,951
1999	$1,454,430,642	$7,324,192,890
2000	$1,731,198,022	$7,761,252,607
2001	$1,768,619,058	$8,190,888,740
2002	$1,758,176,653	$9,249,030,241
2003	$2,023,324,407	$11,244,337,720
2004	$2,366,398,120	$13,827,070,379
2005	$2,735,558,735	$16,306,935,905
2006	$3,455,030,061	$20,434,922,247
2007	$4,223,152,739	$29,420,499,248
2008	$5,446,433,157	$34,135,200,994
2009	$5,836,137,330	$25,691,530,442
2010	$7,131,771,015	$23,468,324,572
2011	$8,750,104,617	$26,575,547,901
2012	$10,192,846,339	$27,116,149,949
2013	$11,983,252,627	$29,152,128,168
2014	$13,279,245,886	$30,277,203,767
2015	$14,426,380,126	$26,344,565,877
2016	$15,912,501,723	$27,117,105,060
2017	$17,071,155,481	$29,391,059,767
2018	$18,141,641,090	$33,247,935,477
2019	$18,740,561,513	$33,099,503,951
2020	$18,981,805,250	$33,379,927,435
2021	$18,827,148,531	$38,183,326,785
2022	$15,468,785,204	$38,014,713,596
2023	$15,843,155,731	$42,572,151,720
2024	$16,502,933,121	$43,520,773,851

Laos and Latvia economies compared

GDP per capita

Laos

Latvia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Laos	Latvia
1984	$483	-
1985	$633	-
1986	$462	-
1987	$274.7	-
1988	$147.1	-
1989	$170.4	-
1990	$200.7	-
1991	$231.8	-
1992	$247.3	-
1993	$283.4	-
1994	$321	-
1995	$358	$2,257
1996	$371	$2,360
1997	$339	$2,610
1998	$243.9	$2,894
1999	$272.3	$3,064
2000	$319	$3,278
2001	$320	$3,505
2002	$313	$4,004
2003	$355	$4,915
2004	$409	$6,110
2005	$466	$7,284
2006	$579	$9,212
2007	$697	$13,371
2008	$886	$15,678
2009	$935	$11,996
2010	$1,126	$11,188
2011	$1,362	$12,903
2012	$1,564	$13,329
2013	$1,813	$14,484
2014	$1,981	$15,186
2015	$2,121	$13,322
2016	$2,303	$13,839
2017	$2,432	$15,132
2018	$2,545	$17,252
2019	$2,589	$17,295
2020	$2,584	$17,564
2021	$2,526	$20,262
2022	$2,046	$20,227
2023	$2,067	$22,676
2024	$2,124	$23,368

Laos vs. Latvia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Laos

Latvia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Laos	Latvia
1950	38.9	64.6
1951	39.2	65.2
1952	39.4	65.7
1953	39.7	66.2
1954	40	66.7
1955	40.3	67.1
1956	40.6	67.6
1957	40.9	68.3
1958	41.2	68.9
1959	40.7	69.5
1960	41	70.3
1961	41.3	70.5
1962	42.3	69.9
1963	41.5	70.3
1964	41.9	71.5
1965	42.2	71.2
1966	42.3	71.2
1967	42.9	70.9
1968	43.2	70.5
1969	43.5	70.2
1970	43.8	70.2
1971	44.1	70.6
1972	44.4	70.3
1973	44.7	70.2
1974	45.9	70.1
1975	46.1	69.3
1976	46	69.4
1977	46.4	69.4
1978	46.8	69.3
1979	47.5	68.8
1980	48.6	69.1
1981	49.2	69.1
1982	49.9	69.6
1983	50.5	69.4
1984	51	69.4
1985	51.6	69.6
1986	52.1	71
1987	52.6	71
1988	53.1	70.9
1989	53.6	70.4
1990	54	69.5
1991	54.7	69.2
1992	55.1	68.5
1993	55.6	66.6
1994	55.8	65.2
1995	56.3	66
1996	56.8	68.6
1997	57.3	69.2
1998	57.5	68.9
1999	57.9	69.6
2000	58.3	70.2
2001	58.9	69.9
2002	59.3	70.2
2003	59.6	70.6
2004	60.1	70.9
2005	60.7	70.6
2006	61.1	70.6
2007	61.7	70.8
2008	62.2	72
2009	63	72.7
2010	63.7	73
2011	64.5	73.7
2012	65.1	73.9
2013	65.7	74.2
2014	66.3	74.3
2015	66.7	74.7
2016	67	74.8
2017	67.3	74.8
2018	67.6	75
2019	67.9	75.6
2020	68.3	75.5
2021	67.8	73.2
2022	68.7	74.9
2023	69	76.2
2024	69.2	76.3
2025	69.5	76.5

Laos and Latvia population clocks and comparison

Population

Laos

Latvia

Table

Year	Population
	Laos	Latvia
1960	2,121,514	2,120,979
1961	2,169,796	2,152,681
1962	2,219,910	2,181,586
1963	2,271,061	2,210,919
1964	2,322,826	2,240,623
1965	2,376,200	2,265,919
1966	2,431,084	2,283,217
1967	2,487,715	2,301,220
1968	2,546,377	2,323,619
1969	2,606,959	2,343,173
1970	2,669,702	2,359,164
1971	2,734,628	2,376,389
1972	2,801,660	2,395,674
1973	2,870,573	2,415,819
1974	2,939,761	2,437,186
1975	3,005,521	2,456,130
1976	3,064,876	2,470,989
1977	3,118,923	2,485,073
1978	3,171,740	2,497,921
1979	3,228,202	2,505,953
1980	3,292,573	2,511,701
1981	3,366,631	2,519,421
1982	3,450,026	2,531,080
1983	3,541,001	2,546,011
1984	3,637,843	2,562,047
1985	3,739,985	2,578,873
1986	3,846,715	2,599,892
1987	3,957,612	2,626,583
1988	4,072,601	2,653,434
1989	4,190,974	2,666,955
1990	4,311,955	2,663,151
1991	4,435,118	2,650,581
1992	4,559,646	2,614,338
1993	4,685,060	2,563,290
1994	4,809,220	2,520,742
1995	4,929,409	2,485,056
1996	5,045,678	2,457,222
1997	5,152,011	2,432,851
1998	5,248,266	2,410,019
1999	5,340,784	2,390,482
2000	5,431,212	2,367,550
2001	5,521,482	2,337,170
2002	5,610,889	2,310,173
2003	5,697,945	2,287,955
2004	5,781,626	2,263,122
2005	5,869,523	2,238,799
2006	5,963,200	2,218,357
2007	6,056,236	2,200,325
2008	6,148,969	2,177,322
2009	6,241,642	2,141,669
2010	6,334,194	2,097,555
2011	6,426,590	2,059,709
2012	6,518,978	2,034,319
2013	6,611,385	2,012,647
2014	6,703,172	1,993,782
2015	6,801,645	1,977,527
2016	6,908,802	1,959,537
2017	7,018,147	1,942,248
2018	7,128,045	1,927,174
2019	7,237,636	1,913,822
2020	7,346,533	1,900,449
2021	7,453,194	1,884,490
2022	7,559,007	1,879,383
2023	7,664,993	1,877,445
2024	7,769,819	1,862,441

Fertility rates in Laos and Latvia

Fertility rate

Laos

Latvia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Laos	Latvia
1960	6.29	1.94
1961	6.31	1.94
1962	6.31	1.91
1963	6.32	1.85
1964	6.31	1.79
1965	6.32	1.74
1966	6.31	1.76
1967	6.31	1.8
1968	6.3	1.83
1969	6.3	1.88
1970	6.31	1.96
1971	6.3	2
1972	6.28	2
1973	6.28	1.98
1974	6.29	1.97
1975	6.29	1.96
1976	6.29	1.93
1977	6.29	1.89
1978	6.3	1.87
1979	6.31	1.87
1980	6.33	1.86
1981	6.35	1.88
1982	6.37	1.97
1983	6.38	2.07
1984	6.37	2.09
1985	6.33	2.08
1986	6.26	2.12
1987	6.21	2.15
1988	6.16	2.11
1989	6.1	2.05
1990	6.06	2.02
1991	5.99	1.86
1992	5.9	1.73
1993	5.8	1.51
1994	5.6	1.39
1995	5.36	1.25
1996	5.15	1.16
1997	4.96	1.11
1998	4.79	1.09
1999	4.64	1.16
2000	4.43	1.25
2001	4.29	1.22
2002	4.13	1.26
2003	4.02	1.32
2004	3.9	1.29
2005	3.69	1.39
2006	3.56	1.46
2007	3.44	1.54
2008	3.33	1.58
2009	3.23	1.46
2010	3.14	1.36
2011	3.05	1.33
2012	2.95	1.44
2013	2.87	1.52
2014	2.8	1.65
2015	2.8	1.7
2016	2.74	1.74
2017	2.69	1.69
2018	2.63	1.6
2019	2.59	1.61
2020	2.54	1.55
2021	2.49	1.57
2022	2.46	1.47
2023	2.42	1.36

Laos and Latvia demographics compared

Median age

Laos

Latvia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Laos	Latvia
1960	19.2	32.3
1961	19.2	32.4
1962	19.1	32.6
1963	19	32.8
1964	19	33
1965	18.9	33.2
1966	18.9	33.5
1967	18.9	33.8
1968	18.8	34
1969	18.8	34.1
1970	18.7	34.2
1971	18.7	34.3
1972	18.7	34.5
1973	18.7	34.6
1974	18.6	34.7
1975	18.5	34.9
1976	18.4	35
1977	18.3	35.1
1978	18.1	35.1
1979	18	35.1
1980	17.9	34.9
1981	17.9	34.8
1982	17.8	34.7
1983	17.8	34.6
1984	17.8	34.7
1985	17.8	34.7
1986	17.8	34.7
1987	17.8	34.6
1988	17.9	34.6
1989	17.9	34.5
1990	17.9	34.6
1991	17.9	34.8
1992	17.9	35.2
1993	17.9	35.6
1994	17.9	36
1995	17.9	36.2
1996	17.9	36.6
1997	18	36.9
1998	18	37.3
1999	18	37.6
2000	18.1	37.9
2001	18.2	38.3
2002	18.4	38.6
2003	18.5	38.9
2004	18.7	39.2
2005	18.9	39.4
2006	19.2	39.7
2007	19.6	39.9
2008	20	40.1
2009	20.5	40.5
2010	21	41.1
2011	21.4	41.6
2012	21.9	42
2013	22.3	42.3
2014	22.7	42.5
2015	23	42.8
2016	23.3	43
2017	23.6	43.2
2018	23.8	43.4
2019	24.1	43.6
2020	24.4	43.8
2021	24.7	43.9
2022	25	44
2023	25.3	44.1
2024	25.6	44.3

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