Laos vs Nigeria statistics compared

Laos has a population of 7.77M (ranked 103/197), compared with 233M in Nigeria (ranked 6/197). Laos' land area is 89,112 sq mi versus 351,650 sq mi for Nigeria (ranked 79th vs. 30th).

By GDP, Laos ranks 139/197 ($16.5B) and Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B). By GDP per capita, Laos ranks 155/197 ($2,124), while Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807).

Laos and Nigeria: Comparison Charts

Laos and Nigeria economies compared

GDP

Laos

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP
	Laos	Nigeria
1960	-	$4,196,174,502
1961	-	$4,467,287,893
1962	-	$4,909,399,176
1963	-	$5,165,590,254
1964	-	$5,552,931,319
1965	-	$5,874,537,650
1966	-	$6,366,917,453
1967	-	$5,203,237,919
1968	-	$5,200,997,920
1969	-	$6,634,317,346
1970	-	$12,546,094,982
1971	-	$9,181,769,912
1972	-	$12,274,416,018
1973	-	$15,162,871,287
1974	-	$24,846,641,318
1975	-	$27,778,934,625
1976	-	$36,308,883,249
1977	-	$36,035,407,725
1978	-	$36,527,862,209
1979	-	$47,259,911,894
1980	-	$64,201,788,123
1981	-	$164,475,209,516
1982	-	$142,769,363,314
1983	-	$97,094,911,792
1984	$1,757,142,856	$73,484,359,521
1985	$2,366,666,616	$73,745,821,158
1986	$1,776,842,097	$54,805,852,581
1987	$1,087,273,104	$52,676,041,931
1988	$598,961,269	$49,648,470,440
1989	$714,046,821	$44,003,061,108
1990	$865,559,879	$54,035,795,388
1991	$1,028,087,972	$59,526,833,412
1992	$1,127,806,945	$52,058,181,854
1993	$1,327,748,690	$56,721,051,402
1994	$1,543,606,345	$80,399,613,064
1995	$1,763,536,305	$140,919,776,986
1996	$1,873,671,550	$185,730,236,700
1997	$1,747,011,857	$200,850,397,618
1998	$1,280,177,839	$218,416,200,673
1999	$1,454,430,642	$59,145,077,039
2000	$1,731,198,022	$69,171,451,627
2001	$1,768,619,058	$73,557,840,064
2002	$1,758,176,653	$95,054,059,303
2003	$2,023,324,407	$104,738,954,264
2004	$2,366,398,120	$135,764,731,646
2005	$2,735,558,735	$175,670,569,969
2006	$3,455,030,061	$238,454,997,161
2007	$4,223,152,739	$278,260,846,800
2008	$5,446,433,157	$339,476,276,258
2009	$5,836,137,330	$295,008,835,381
2010	$7,131,771,015	$366,990,417,129
2011	$8,750,104,617	$414,466,676,831
2012	$10,192,846,339	$463,971,018,239
2013	$11,983,252,627	$520,117,180,314
2014	$13,279,245,886	$574,183,763,412
2015	$14,426,380,126	$493,026,682,801
2016	$15,912,501,723	$404,649,125,252
2017	$17,071,155,481	$375,745,731,053
2018	$18,141,641,090	$421,739,251,509
2019	$18,740,561,513	$474,517,490,844
2020	$18,981,805,250	$432,198,898,468
2021	$18,827,148,531	$440,833,635,874
2022	$15,468,785,204	$477,403,400,101
2023	$15,843,155,731	$363,846,332,835
2024	$16,502,933,121	$187,759,703,100

Laos and Nigeria economies compared

GDP per capita

Laos

Nigeria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Laos	Nigeria
1960	-	$93.1
1961	-	$97.1
1962	-	$104.5
1963	-	$107.7
1964	-	$113.3
1965	-	$117.3
1966	-	$124.4
1967	-	$99.5
1968	-	$97.3
1969	-	$121.4
1970	-	$224.5
1971	-	$160.5
1972	-	$209.5
1973	-	$252.4
1974	-	$403
1975	-	$438
1976	-	$556
1977	-	$536
1978	-	$527
1979	-	$661
1980	-	$870
1981	-	$2,162
1982	-	$1,822
1983	-	$1,207
1984	$483	$890
1985	$633	$869
1986	$462	$628
1987	$274.7	$588
1988	$147.1	$540
1989	$170.4	$465
1990	$200.7	$556
1991	$231.8	$597
1992	$247.3	$509
1993	$283.4	$540
1994	$321	$745
1995	$358	$1,272
1996	$371	$1,633
1997	$339	$1,720
1998	$243.9	$1,822
1999	$272.3	$481
2000	$319	$547
2001	$320	$566
2002	$313	$712
2003	$355	$763
2004	$409	$962
2005	$466	$1,211
2006	$579	$1,600
2007	$697	$1,816
2008	$886	$2,154
2009	$935	$1,820
2010	$1,126	$2,202
2011	$1,362	$2,418
2012	$1,564	$2,633
2013	$1,813	$2,873
2014	$1,981	$3,089
2015	$2,121	$2,586
2016	$2,303	$2,070
2017	$2,432	$1,876
2018	$2,545	$2,058
2019	$2,589	$2,265
2020	$2,584	$2,020
2021	$2,526	$2,017
2022	$2,046	$2,139
2023	$2,067	$1,597
2024	$2,124	$807

Laos vs. Nigeria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Laos

Nigeria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Laos	Nigeria
1950	38.9	35.5
1951	39.2	35.7
1952	39.4	35.9
1953	39.7	36
1954	40	36.2
1955	40.3	36.3
1956	40.6	36.5
1957	40.9	36.6
1958	41.2	36.8
1959	40.7	37
1960	41	37.2
1961	41.3	37.4
1962	42.3	37.6
1963	41.5	37.8
1964	41.9	38
1965	42.2	38.2
1966	42.3	38.4
1967	42.9	37.5
1968	43.2	38.6
1969	43.5	38.9
1970	43.8	40
1971	44.1	40.6
1972	44.4	41.3
1973	44.7	41.8
1974	45.9	42.5
1975	46.1	43.1
1976	46	44.2
1977	46.4	44.8
1978	46.8	45.3
1979	47.5	45.7
1980	48.6	46
1981	49.2	46.3
1982	49.9	46.4
1983	50.5	46.4
1984	51	46.3
1985	51.6	46.2
1986	52.1	46
1987	52.6	45.9
1988	53.1	45.8
1989	53.6	45.8
1990	54	45.7
1991	54.7	45.5
1992	55.1	45.6
1993	55.6	45.8
1994	55.8	45.7
1995	56.3	45.9
1996	56.8	45.8
1997	57.3	46
1998	57.5	46.1
1999	57.9	46.6
2000	58.3	47.1
2001	58.9	47.5
2002	59.3	48
2003	59.6	48.6
2004	60.1	49.1
2005	60.7	49.5
2006	61.1	49.9
2007	61.7	50.4
2008	62.2	50.7
2009	63	51.1
2010	63.7	51.3
2011	64.5	51.5
2012	65.1	51.7
2013	65.7	51.8
2014	66.3	51.9
2015	66.7	51.9
2016	67	52.2
2017	67.3	52.4
2018	67.6	52.7
2019	67.9	53
2020	68.3	53.1
2021	67.8	53.5
2022	68.7	54.1
2023	69	54.5
2024	69.2	54.6
2025	69.5	54.8

Laos and Nigeria population clocks and comparison

Population

Laos

Nigeria

Table

Year	Population
	Laos	Nigeria
1960	2,121,514	45,053,782
1961	2,169,796	45,989,310
1962	2,219,910	46,965,292
1963	2,271,061	47,973,575
1964	2,322,826	49,012,016
1965	2,376,200	50,086,764
1966	2,431,084	51,188,234
1967	2,487,715	52,293,065
1968	2,546,377	53,432,783
1969	2,606,959	54,631,914
1970	2,669,702	55,893,838
1971	2,734,628	57,214,684
1972	2,801,660	58,601,748
1973	2,870,573	60,082,139
1974	2,939,761	61,679,144
1975	3,005,521	63,410,815
1976	3,064,876	65,258,009
1977	3,118,923	67,234,590
1978	3,171,740	69,326,532
1979	3,228,202	71,498,242
1980	3,292,573	73,764,641
1981	3,366,631	76,068,103
1982	3,450,026	78,378,701
1983	3,541,001	80,438,260
1984	3,637,843	82,526,443
1985	3,739,985	84,897,973
1986	3,846,715	87,235,953
1987	3,957,612	89,591,716
1988	4,072,601	92,020,090
1989	4,190,974	94,531,014
1990	4,311,955	97,120,925
1991	4,435,118	99,720,162
1992	4,559,646	102,372,770
1993	4,685,060	105,122,069
1994	4,809,220	107,935,714
1995	4,929,409	110,819,428
1996	5,045,678	113,754,779
1997	5,152,011	116,754,792
1998	5,248,266	119,846,254
1999	5,340,784	123,047,320
2000	5,431,212	126,382,494
2001	5,521,482	129,862,595
2002	5,610,889	133,471,989
2003	5,697,945	137,202,644
2004	5,781,626	141,057,045
2005	5,869,523	145,017,253
2006	5,963,200	149,077,334
2007	6,056,236	153,267,261
2008	6,148,969	157,595,014
2009	6,241,642	162,049,464
2010	6,334,194	166,642,886
2011	6,426,590	171,379,598
2012	6,518,978	176,200,625
2013	6,611,385	181,049,443
2014	6,703,172	185,896,915
2015	6,801,645	190,671,878
2016	6,908,802	195,443,700
2017	7,018,147	200,254,579
2018	7,128,045	204,938,755
2019	7,237,636	209,485,641
2020	7,346,533	213,996,181
2021	7,453,194	218,529,286
2022	7,559,007	223,150,896
2023	7,664,993	227,882,945
2024	7,769,819	232,679,478

Fertility rates in Laos and Nigeria

Fertility rate

Laos

Nigeria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Laos	Nigeria
1960	6.29	6.36
1961	6.31	6.35
1962	6.31	6.36
1963	6.32	6.35
1964	6.31	6.36
1965	6.32	6.37
1966	6.31	6.39
1967	6.31	6.4
1968	6.3	6.42
1969	6.3	6.44
1970	6.31	6.47
1971	6.3	6.53
1972	6.28	6.58
1973	6.28	6.63
1974	6.29	6.7
1975	6.29	6.77
1976	6.29	6.81
1977	6.29	6.86
1978	6.3	6.92
1979	6.31	6.89
1980	6.33	6.85
1981	6.35	6.82
1982	6.37	6.8
1983	6.38	6.78
1984	6.37	6.7
1985	6.33	6.62
1986	6.26	6.56
1987	6.21	6.5
1988	6.16	6.5
1989	6.1	6.49
1990	6.06	6.46
1991	5.99	6.43
1992	5.9	6.39
1993	5.8	6.35
1994	5.6	6.32
1995	5.36	6.27
1996	5.15	6.22
1997	4.96	6.14
1998	4.79	6.07
1999	4.64	6.08
2000	4.43	6.12
2001	4.29	6.13
2002	4.13	6.12
2003	4.02	6.1
2004	3.9	6.09
2005	3.69	6.06
2006	3.56	6.05
2007	3.44	6.03
2008	3.33	6.02
2009	3.23	5.99
2010	3.14	5.95
2011	3.05	5.89
2012	2.95	5.8
2013	2.87	5.69
2014	2.8	5.62
2015	2.8	5.5
2016	2.74	5.34
2017	2.69	5.18
2018	2.63	5.02
2019	2.59	4.86
2020	2.54	4.7
2021	2.49	4.64
2022	2.46	4.55
2023	2.42	4.48

Laos and Nigeria demographics compared

Median age

Laos

Nigeria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Laos	Nigeria
1960	19.2	19.3
1961	19.2	19.3
1962	19.1	19.3
1963	19	19.3
1964	19	19.3
1965	18.9	19.3
1966	18.9	19.3
1967	18.9	19.2
1968	18.8	19.2
1969	18.8	19.1
1970	18.7	18.9
1971	18.7	18.8
1972	18.7	18.7
1973	18.7	18.6
1974	18.6	18.5
1975	18.5	18.4
1976	18.4	18.3
1977	18.3	18.2
1978	18.1	18
1979	18	17.9
1980	17.9	17.8
1981	17.9	17.7
1982	17.8	17.6
1983	17.8	17.5
1984	17.8	17.4
1985	17.8	17.3
1986	17.8	17.3
1987	17.8	17.3
1988	17.9	17.3
1989	17.9	17.3
1990	17.9	17.3
1991	17.9	17.3
1992	17.9	17.4
1993	17.9	17.4
1994	17.9	17.5
1995	17.9	17.6
1996	17.9	17.6
1997	18	17.7
1998	18	17.8
1999	18	17.9
2000	18.1	17.9
2001	18.2	17.9
2002	18.4	17.9
2003	18.5	17.9
2004	18.7	17.9
2005	18.9	17.9
2006	19.2	17.9
2007	19.6	17.9
2008	20	17.8
2009	20.5	17.8
2010	21	17.8
2011	21.4	17.7
2012	21.9	17.7
2013	22.3	17.7
2014	22.7	17.7
2015	23	17.8
2016	23.3	17.8
2017	23.6	17.9
2018	23.8	18
2019	24.1	18.2
2020	24.4	18.3
2021	24.7	18.5
2022	25	18.7
2023	25.3	18.8
2024	25.6	19

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