Laos vs Sri Lanka statistics compared

Laos has a population of 7.77M (ranked 103/197), compared with 21.9M in Sri Lanka (ranked 61/197). Laos' land area is 89,112 sq mi versus 23,884 sq mi for Sri Lanka (ranked 79th vs. 122nd).

By GDP, Laos ranks 139/197 ($16.5B) and Sri Lanka ranks 71/197 ($99B). By GDP per capita, Laos ranks 155/197 ($2,124), while Sri Lanka ranks 125/197 ($4,516).

Laos and Sri Lanka: Comparison Charts

Laos and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP

Laos

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP
	Laos	Sri Lanka
1960	-	$1,409,873,950
1961	-	$1,444,327,731
1962	-	$1,434,156,379
1963	-	$1,240,672,269
1964	-	$1,309,747,899
1965	-	$1,698,319,328
1966	-	$1,751,470,588
1967	-	$1,859,465,021
1968	-	$1,801,344,538
1969	-	$1,965,546,218
1970	-	$2,296,470,588
1971	-	$2,369,308,600
1972	-	$2,553,936,348
1973	-	$2,875,625,000
1974	-	$3,574,586,466
1975	-	$3,791,298,146
1976	-	$3,591,319,857
1977	-	$4,104,509,583
1978	-	$2,733,183,857
1979	-	$3,364,611,432
1980	-	$4,024,621,900
1981	-	$4,415,844,156
1982	-	$4,768,765,017
1983	-	$5,167,913,302
1984	$1,757,142,856	$6,043,474,843
1985	$2,366,666,616	$5,978,460,972
1986	$1,776,842,097	$6,405,210,564
1987	$1,087,273,104	$6,682,167,120
1988	$598,961,269	$6,978,371,581
1989	$714,046,821	$6,987,267,684
1990	$865,559,879	$8,032,551,173
1991	$1,028,087,972	$9,000,362,582
1992	$1,127,806,945	$9,703,011,636
1993	$1,327,748,690	$10,338,679,636
1994	$1,543,606,345	$11,717,604,209
1995	$1,763,536,305	$13,029,697,561
1996	$1,873,671,550	$13,897,738,375
1997	$1,747,011,857	$15,091,913,884
1998	$1,280,177,839	$15,794,972,847
1999	$1,454,430,642	$15,656,327,860
2000	$1,731,198,022	$16,330,814,180
2001	$1,768,619,058	$15,749,753,805
2002	$1,758,176,653	$16,536,535,647
2003	$2,023,324,407	$18,881,765,437
2004	$2,366,398,120	$20,662,525,941
2005	$2,735,558,735	$24,405,791,045
2006	$3,455,030,061	$28,279,802,406
2007	$4,223,152,739	$32,350,238,760
2008	$5,446,433,157	$40,713,826,215
2009	$5,836,137,330	$42,066,224,093
2010	$7,131,771,015	$58,636,161,082
2011	$8,750,104,617	$67,753,284,044
2012	$10,192,846,339	$70,447,216,891
2013	$11,983,252,627	$77,000,578,167
2014	$13,279,245,886	$82,528,535,714
2015	$14,426,380,126	$85,090,301,052
2016	$15,912,501,723	$88,000,211,172
2017	$17,071,155,481	$94,369,350,286
2018	$18,141,641,090	$94,450,015,983
2019	$18,740,561,513	$88,998,706,297
2020	$18,981,805,250	$84,335,574,582
2021	$18,827,148,531	$88,556,698,938
2022	$15,468,785,204	$74,143,020,263
2023	$15,843,155,731	$83,716,142,582
2024	$16,502,933,121	$98,963,185,510

Laos and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP per capita

Laos

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Laos	Sri Lanka
1960	-	$145.9
1961	-	$145.9
1962	-	$141.4
1963	-	$119.4
1964	-	$122.9
1965	-	$155.6
1966	-	$156.6
1967	-	$162.3
1968	-	$153.5
1969	-	$163.6
1970	-	$186.9
1971	-	$188.8
1972	-	$199.4
1973	-	$220.2
1974	-	$268.7
1975	-	$279.8
1976	-	$260.3
1977	-	$292.1
1978	-	$191
1979	-	$230.8
1980	-	$271.1
1981	-	$292.5
1982	-	$312
1983	-	$336
1984	$483	$391
1985	$633	$385
1986	$462	$407
1987	$274.7	$420
1988	$147.1	$434
1989	$170.4	$430
1990	$200.7	$491
1991	$231.8	$546
1992	$247.3	$580
1993	$283.4	$607
1994	$321	$678
1995	$358	$742
1996	$371	$776
1997	$339	$827
1998	$243.9	$849
1999	$272.3	$826
2000	$319	$846
2001	$320	$804
2002	$313	$835
2003	$355	$946
2004	$409	$1,029
2005	$466	$1,207
2006	$579	$1,390
2007	$697	$1,579
2008	$886	$1,974
2009	$935	$2,027
2010	$1,126	$2,808
2011	$1,362	$3,225
2012	$1,564	$3,328
2013	$1,813	$3,741
2014	$1,981	$3,972
2015	$2,121	$4,058
2016	$2,303	$4,149
2017	$2,432	$4,399
2018	$2,545	$4,359
2019	$2,589	$4,082
2020	$2,584	$3,848
2021	$2,526	$3,997
2022	$2,046	$3,343
2023	$2,067	$3,799
2024	$2,124	$4,516

Laos vs. Sri Lanka life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Laos

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Laos	Sri Lanka
1950	38.9	53.2
1951	39.2	54
1952	39.4	54.9
1953	39.7	55.6
1954	40	56.4
1955	40.3	57.2
1956	40.6	57.9
1957	40.9	58.5
1958	41.2	59.3
1959	40.7	60
1960	41	60.6
1961	41.3	61.2
1962	42.3	61.6
1963	41.5	62
1964	41.9	62.4
1965	42.2	62.8
1966	42.3	63.2
1967	42.9	63.6
1968	43.2	63.9
1969	43.5	64.1
1970	43.8	64.4
1971	44.1	64.2
1972	44.4	64.6
1973	44.7	64.8
1974	45.9	65
1975	46.1	65.4
1976	46	65.8
1977	46.4	66.4
1978	46.8	66.8
1979	47.5	67.5
1980	48.6	68
1981	49.2	68.4
1982	49.9	68.7
1983	50.5	68.7
1984	51	68.8
1985	51.6	68.9
1986	52.1	69
1987	52.6	69
1988	53.1	69
1989	53.6	67.3
1990	54	69.2
1991	54.7	69.1
1992	55.1	69.6
1993	55.6	70
1994	55.8	70.2
1995	56.3	69.7
1996	56.8	69.8
1997	57.3	69.9
1998	57.5	70.1
1999	57.9	70.4
2000	58.3	71.2
2001	58.9	71.8
2002	59.3	72.3
2003	59.6	72.4
2004	60.1	68
2005	60.7	73.1
2006	61.1	72.8
2007	61.7	73
2008	62.2	72.6
2009	63	70.3
2010	63.7	74.5
2011	64.5	74.7
2012	65.1	75.2
2013	65.7	75.5
2014	66.3	75.8
2015	66.7	76
2016	67	76.1
2017	67.3	76.2
2018	67.6	76.5
2019	67.9	76.7
2020	68.3	76.9
2021	67.8	76.3
2022	68.7	77.3
2023	69	77.5
2024	69.2	77.7
2025	69.5	77.9

Laos and Sri Lanka population clocks and comparison

Population

Laos

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Population
	Laos	Sri Lanka
1960	2,121,514	9,661,389
1961	2,169,796	9,899,372
1962	2,219,910	10,143,754
1963	2,271,061	10,395,040
1964	2,322,826	10,653,397
1965	2,376,200	10,916,965
1966	2,431,084	11,183,928
1967	2,487,715	11,457,328
1968	2,546,377	11,736,088
1969	2,606,959	12,013,858
1970	2,669,702	12,287,110
1971	2,734,628	12,551,910
1972	2,801,660	12,809,205
1973	2,870,573	13,060,916
1974	2,939,761	13,305,693
1975	3,005,521	13,548,984
1976	3,064,876	13,796,770
1977	3,118,923	14,049,371
1978	3,171,740	14,310,128
1979	3,228,202	14,579,614
1980	3,292,573	14,847,974
1981	3,366,631	15,099,414
1982	3,450,026	15,286,567
1983	3,541,001	15,388,794
1984	3,637,843	15,441,860
1985	3,739,985	15,544,154
1986	3,846,715	15,731,256
1987	3,957,612	15,916,576
1988	4,072,601	16,078,621
1989	4,190,974	16,248,557
1990	4,311,955	16,352,458
1991	4,435,118	16,475,354
1992	4,559,646	16,739,284
1993	4,685,060	17,025,918
1994	4,809,220	17,275,773
1995	4,929,409	17,564,068
1996	5,045,678	17,905,018
1997	5,152,011	18,248,200
1998	5,248,266	18,596,003
1999	5,340,784	18,944,731
2000	5,431,212	19,293,054
2001	5,521,482	19,600,362
2002	5,610,889	19,805,752
2003	5,697,945	19,951,521
2004	5,781,626	20,087,605
2005	5,869,523	20,216,524
2006	5,963,200	20,352,411
2007	6,056,236	20,492,545
2008	6,148,969	20,629,378
2009	6,241,642	20,756,435
2010	6,334,194	20,879,089
2011	6,426,590	21,009,048
2012	6,518,978	21,169,458
2013	6,611,385	20,585,000
2014	6,703,172	20,778,000
2015	6,801,645	20,970,000
2016	6,908,802	21,209,000
2017	7,018,147	21,453,000
2018	7,128,045	21,670,000
2019	7,237,636	21,803,000
2020	7,346,533	21,919,000
2021	7,453,194	22,156,000
2022	7,559,007	22,181,000
2023	7,664,993	22,037,000
2024	7,769,819	21,916,000

Fertility rates in Laos and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate

Laos

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Laos	Sri Lanka
1960	6.29	5.35
1961	6.31	5.24
1962	6.31	5.18
1963	6.32	5.12
1964	6.31	5.06
1965	6.32	4.93
1966	6.31	4.83
1967	6.31	4.79
1968	6.3	4.66
1969	6.3	4.5
1970	6.31	4.39
1971	6.3	4.27
1972	6.28	4.16
1973	6.28	4
1974	6.29	3.86
1975	6.29	3.82
1976	6.29	3.78
1977	6.29	3.74
1978	6.3	3.81
1979	6.31	3.82
1980	6.33	3.73
1981	6.35	3.65
1982	6.37	3.32
1983	6.38	3.11
1984	6.37	3.01
1985	6.33	2.9
1986	6.26	2.74
1987	6.21	2.64
1988	6.16	2.57
1989	6.1	2.58
1990	6.06	2.54
1991	5.99	2.51
1992	5.9	2.49
1993	5.8	2.44
1994	5.6	2.4
1995	5.36	2.35
1996	5.15	2.29
1997	4.96	2.22
1998	4.79	2.14
1999	4.64	2.14
2000	4.43	2.21
2001	4.29	2.28
2002	4.13	2.31
2003	4.02	2.3
2004	3.9	2.27
2005	3.69	2.26
2006	3.56	2.29
2007	3.44	2.3
2008	3.33	2.23
2009	3.23	2.18
2010	3.14	2.13
2011	3.05	2.14
2012	2.95	2.17
2013	2.87	2.18
2014	2.8	2.13
2015	2.8	2.09
2016	2.74	2.06
2017	2.69	2.04
2018	2.63	2.03
2019	2.59	2.02
2020	2.54	2.01
2021	2.49	2
2022	2.46	1.98
2023	2.42	1.97

Laos and Sri Lanka demographics compared

Median age

Laos

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Laos	Sri Lanka
1960	19.2	19.5
1961	19.2	19.5
1962	19.1	19.5
1963	19	19.5
1964	19	19.5
1965	18.9	19.5
1966	18.9	19.6
1967	18.9	19.7
1968	18.8	19.8
1969	18.8	19.9
1970	18.7	20
1971	18.7	20.1
1972	18.7	20.2
1973	18.7	20.4
1974	18.6	20.6
1975	18.5	20.7
1976	18.4	20.9
1977	18.3	21
1978	18.1	21.2
1979	18	21.3
1980	17.9	21.5
1981	17.9	21.6
1982	17.8	21.7
1983	17.8	21.9
1984	17.8	22
1985	17.8	22.2
1986	17.8	22.5
1987	17.8	22.8
1988	17.9	23.1
1989	17.9	23.4
1990	17.9	23.6
1991	17.9	23.9
1992	17.9	24.3
1993	17.9	24.6
1994	17.9	24.9
1995	17.9	25.3
1996	17.9	25.8
1997	18	26.2
1998	18	26.5
1999	18	26.9
2000	18.1	27.2
2001	18.2	27.6
2002	18.4	27.9
2003	18.5	28.2
2004	18.7	28.5
2005	18.9	28.8
2006	19.2	29
2007	19.6	29.3
2008	20	29.6
2009	20.5	29.9
2010	21	30.2
2011	21.4	30.5
2012	21.9	30.8
2013	22.3	31.1
2014	22.7	31.4
2015	23	31.7
2016	23.3	32
2017	23.6	32.3
2018	23.8	32.5
2019	24.1	32.8
2020	24.4	33.1
2021	24.7	33.3
2022	25	33.6
2023	25.3	33.8
2024	25.6	34.1

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