Laos vs Sierra Leone statistics compared

Laos has a population of 7.77M (ranked 103/197), compared with 8.64M in Sierra Leone (ranked 102/197). Laos' land area is 89,112 sq mi versus 27,869 sq mi for Sierra Leone (ranked 79th vs. 116th).

By GDP, Laos ranks 139/197 ($16.5B) and Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B). By GDP per capita, Laos ranks 155/197 ($2,124), while Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873).

Laos and Sierra Leone: Comparison Charts

Laos and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP

Laos

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP
	Laos	Sierra Leone
1960	-	$322,151,961
1961	-	$327,978,758
1962	-	$342,872,549
1963	-	$348,700,980
1964	-	$372,011,438
1965	-	$359,523,810
1966	-	$375,630,252
1967	-	$348,895,028
1968	-	$329,991,597
1969	-	$408,853,541
1970	-	$434,584,634
1971	-	$419,495,788
1972	-	$465,254,682
1973	-	$575,471,814
1974	-	$648,940,351
1975	-	$679,352,876
1976	-	$594,810,422
1977	-	$692,079,407
1978	-	$960,765,043
1979	-	$1,109,343,425
1980	-	$1,100,476,190
1981	-	$1,114,926,661
1982	-	$1,294,995,964
1983	-	$995,278,515
1984	$1,757,142,856	$1,087,450,199
1985	$2,366,666,616	$856,890,459
1986	$1,776,842,097	$490,181,457
1987	$1,087,273,104	$660,106,336
1988	$598,961,269	$1,055,083,933
1989	$714,046,821	$932,974,420
1990	$865,559,879	$649,644,098
1991	$1,028,087,972	$779,981,987
1992	$1,127,806,945	$679,940,814
1993	$1,327,748,690	$768,867,883
1994	$1,543,606,345	$911,853,802
1995	$1,763,536,305	$870,740,292
1996	$1,873,671,550	$941,709,423
1997	$1,747,011,857	$850,232,760
1998	$1,280,177,839	$672,368,187
1999	$1,454,430,642	$669,386,624
2000	$1,731,198,022	$635,866,404
2001	$1,768,619,058	$1,681,473,894
2002	$1,758,176,653	$1,933,863,911
2003	$2,023,324,407	$2,142,618,046
2004	$2,366,398,120	$2,237,350,687
2005	$2,735,558,735	$2,545,275,313
2006	$3,455,030,061	$3,263,697,467
2007	$4,223,152,739	$3,632,957,611
2008	$5,446,433,157	$4,157,895,298
2009	$5,836,137,330	$3,953,403,098
2010	$7,131,771,015	$4,262,805,967
2011	$8,750,104,617	$4,861,632,885
2012	$10,192,846,339	$6,141,666,509
2013	$11,983,252,627	$7,502,762,863
2014	$13,279,245,886	$7,686,138,791
2015	$14,426,380,126	$6,788,352,975
2016	$15,912,501,723	$6,084,297,211
2017	$17,071,155,481	$5,749,846,528
2018	$18,141,641,090	$6,390,514,689
2019	$18,740,561,513	$6,526,183,564
2020	$18,981,805,250	$6,693,888,876
2021	$18,827,148,531	$7,173,379,137
2022	$15,468,785,204	$7,124,465,160
2023	$15,843,155,731	$6,411,787,856
2024	$16,502,933,121	$7,547,843,281

Laos and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP per capita

Laos

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Laos	Sierra Leone
1960	-	$142
1961	-	$142.3
1962	-	$146.4
1963	-	$146.4
1964	-	$153.4
1965	-	$145.6
1966	-	$149.4
1967	-	$136.2
1968	-	$126.4
1969	-	$153.6
1970	-	$160.2
1971	-	$151.8
1972	-	$165.3
1973	-	$200.7
1974	-	$222.2
1975	-	$228.4
1976	-	$196.4
1977	-	$224.3
1978	-	$305
1979	-	$346
1980	-	$336
1981	-	$334
1982	-	$380
1983	-	$285.9
1984	$483	$306
1985	$633	$235.5
1986	$462	$131.5
1987	$274.7	$172.4
1988	$147.1	$268.2
1989	$170.4	$231.3
1990	$200.7	$154.8
1991	$231.8	$183.7
1992	$247.3	$163.2
1993	$283.4	$185
1994	$321	$218.5
1995	$358	$208.4
1996	$371	$224.3
1997	$339	$199.9
1998	$243.9	$156.5
1999	$272.3	$155
2000	$319	$143.7
2001	$320	$358
2002	$313	$389
2003	$355	$414
2004	$409	$418
2005	$466	$463
2006	$579	$580
2007	$697	$632
2008	$886	$705
2009	$935	$653
2010	$1,126	$685
2011	$1,362	$761
2012	$1,564	$938
2013	$1,813	$1,117
2014	$1,981	$1,118
2015	$2,121	$965
2016	$2,303	$844
2017	$2,432	$779
2018	$2,545	$846
2019	$2,589	$844
2020	$2,584	$846
2021	$2,526	$886
2022	$2,046	$861
2023	$2,067	$758
2024	$2,124	$873

Laos vs. Sierra Leone life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Laos

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Laos	Sierra Leone
1950	38.9	28.9
1951	39.2	29.3
1952	39.4	29.7
1953	39.7	30.1
1954	40	30.5
1955	40.3	30.9
1956	40.6	31.3
1957	40.9	31.8
1958	41.2	32.1
1959	40.7	32.6
1960	41	33.1
1961	41.3	33.6
1962	42.3	34.2
1963	41.5	34.7
1964	41.9	35.3
1965	42.2	35.9
1966	42.3	36.6
1967	42.9	37.3
1968	43.2	37.8
1969	43.5	38.2
1970	43.8	38.6
1971	44.1	39.1
1972	44.4	39.5
1973	44.7	40
1974	45.9	40.4
1975	46.1	41
1976	46	41.4
1977	46.4	41.8
1978	46.8	42.2
1979	47.5	42.5
1980	48.6	42.8
1981	49.2	43.1
1982	49.9	43.3
1983	50.5	43.5
1984	51	43.6
1985	51.6	43.6
1986	52.1	43.5
1987	52.6	43.7
1988	53.1	43.8
1989	53.6	43.7
1990	54	43.7
1991	54.7	43.3
1992	55.1	43.5
1993	55.6	43.4
1994	55.8	42.8
1995	56.3	42.6
1996	56.8	43.5
1997	57.3	43.6
1998	57.5	42.7
1999	57.9	42
2000	58.3	44.8
2001	58.9	45.4
2002	59.3	46.2
2003	59.6	46.8
2004	60.1	47.5
2005	60.7	48.3
2006	61.1	49.5
2007	61.7	50
2008	62.2	50.7
2009	63	51.3
2010	63.7	51.9
2011	64.5	52.6
2012	65.1	53.2
2013	65.7	54.1
2014	66.3	54.3
2015	66.7	55.5
2016	67	56.9
2017	67.3	57.8
2018	67.6	59.1
2019	67.9	59.6
2020	68.3	59.7
2021	67.8	60.3
2022	68.7	61.3
2023	69	61.8
2024	69.2	62
2025	69.5	62.2

Laos and Sierra Leone population clocks and comparison

Population

Laos

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Population
	Laos	Sierra Leone
1960	2,121,514	2,268,356
1961	2,169,796	2,304,227
1962	2,219,910	2,342,242
1963	2,271,061	2,382,258
1964	2,322,826	2,424,390
1965	2,376,200	2,468,666
1966	2,431,084	2,514,638
1967	2,487,715	2,562,384
1968	2,546,377	2,611,532
1969	2,606,959	2,661,365
1970	2,669,702	2,712,286
1971	2,734,628	2,763,222
1972	2,801,660	2,814,388
1973	2,870,573	2,866,955
1974	2,939,761	2,920,459
1975	3,005,521	2,974,657
1976	3,064,876	3,028,820
1977	3,118,923	3,085,354
1978	3,171,740	3,145,517
1979	3,228,202	3,207,499
1980	3,292,573	3,272,089
1981	3,366,631	3,338,940
1982	3,450,026	3,408,183
1983	3,541,001	3,481,646
1984	3,637,843	3,558,758
1985	3,739,985	3,638,438
1986	3,846,715	3,728,380
1987	3,957,612	3,829,718
1988	4,072,601	3,934,517
1989	4,190,974	4,034,037
1990	4,311,955	4,196,828
1991	4,435,118	4,246,267
1992	4,559,646	4,166,366
1993	4,685,060	4,157,130
1994	4,809,220	4,173,105
1995	4,929,409	4,179,179
1996	5,045,678	4,199,210
1997	5,152,011	4,253,716
1998	5,248,266	4,295,785
1999	5,340,784	4,318,043
2000	5,431,212	4,423,611
2001	5,521,482	4,692,716
2002	5,610,889	4,971,435
2003	5,697,945	5,177,687
2004	5,781,626	5,355,717
2005	5,869,523	5,501,712
2006	5,963,200	5,624,466
2007	6,056,236	5,749,352
2008	6,148,969	5,894,722
2009	6,241,642	6,055,646
2010	6,334,194	6,222,714
2011	6,426,590	6,387,251
2012	6,518,978	6,551,080
2013	6,611,385	6,714,051
2014	6,703,172	6,876,385
2015	6,801,645	7,037,655
2016	6,908,802	7,205,328
2017	7,018,147	7,379,299
2018	7,128,045	7,554,563
2019	7,237,636	7,731,991
2020	7,346,533	7,912,558
2021	7,453,194	8,094,602
2022	7,559,007	8,276,807
2023	7,664,993	8,460,512
2024	7,769,819	8,642,022

Fertility rates in Laos and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate

Laos

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Laos	Sierra Leone
1960	6.29	6.18
1961	6.31	6.21
1962	6.31	6.22
1963	6.32	6.26
1964	6.31	6.29
1965	6.32	6.31
1966	6.31	6.35
1967	6.31	6.38
1968	6.3	6.39
1969	6.3	6.39
1970	6.31	6.41
1971	6.3	6.43
1972	6.28	6.45
1973	6.28	6.47
1974	6.29	6.53
1975	6.29	6.55
1976	6.29	6.55
1977	6.29	6.57
1978	6.3	6.59
1979	6.31	6.58
1980	6.33	6.56
1981	6.35	6.55
1982	6.37	6.56
1983	6.38	6.57
1984	6.37	6.59
1985	6.33	6.59
1986	6.26	6.6
1987	6.21	6.61
1988	6.16	6.59
1989	6.1	6.57
1990	6.06	6.57
1991	5.99	6.55
1992	5.9	6.56
1993	5.8	6.57
1994	5.6	6.56
1995	5.36	6.56
1996	5.15	6.55
1997	4.96	6.53
1998	4.79	6.5
1999	4.64	6.42
2000	4.43	6.36
2001	4.29	6.31
2002	4.13	6.23
2003	4.02	6.09
2004	3.9	5.92
2005	3.69	5.81
2006	3.56	5.74
2007	3.44	5.64
2008	3.33	5.56
2009	3.23	5.45
2010	3.14	5.33
2011	3.05	5.21
2012	2.95	5.06
2013	2.87	4.87
2014	2.8	4.7
2015	2.8	4.55
2016	2.74	4.47
2017	2.69	4.39
2018	2.63	4.29
2019	2.59	4.19
2020	2.54	4.08
2021	2.49	3.98
2022	2.46	3.88
2023	2.42	3.79

Laos and Sierra Leone demographics compared

Median age

Laos

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Laos	Sierra Leone
1960	19.2	21.1
1961	19.2	21.1
1962	19.1	21.1
1963	19	21
1964	19	21
1965	18.9	20.9
1966	18.9	20.9
1967	18.9	20.8
1968	18.8	20.7
1969	18.8	20.6
1970	18.7	20.4
1971	18.7	20.2
1972	18.7	20.1
1973	18.7	19.9
1974	18.6	19.8
1975	18.5	19.6
1976	18.4	19.5
1977	18.3	19.4
1978	18.1	19.3
1979	18	19.2
1980	17.9	19.1
1981	17.9	19.1
1982	17.8	19
1983	17.8	18.9
1984	17.8	18.9
1985	17.8	18.8
1986	17.8	18.7
1987	17.8	18.7
1988	17.9	18.6
1989	17.9	18.6
1990	17.9	18.5
1991	17.9	18.5
1992	17.9	18.4
1993	17.9	18.4
1994	17.9	18.3
1995	17.9	18.2
1996	17.9	18.2
1997	18	18.1
1998	18	18.1
1999	18	18
2000	18.1	18
2001	18.2	18
2002	18.4	17.9
2003	18.5	17.9
2004	18.7	17.9
2005	18.9	18
2006	19.2	18
2007	19.6	18
2008	20	18.1
2009	20.5	18.1
2010	21	18.2
2011	21.4	18.3
2012	21.9	18.4
2013	22.3	18.5
2014	22.7	18.6
2015	23	18.7
2016	23.3	18.9
2017	23.6	19.1
2018	23.8	19.2
2019	24.1	19.4
2020	24.4	19.6
2021	24.7	19.8
2022	25	20
2023	25.3	20.3
2024	25.6	20.5

Interactive Maps

Use the buttons below to switch between world maps comparing statistics for Laos and Sierra Leone.

Relevant pages:

• Facts World

By topic vs comparisons:

• Birth rate
• Demographics
• Economy
• Life expectancy
• Population
• Population density
• Size