Laos vs Syria statistics compared

Laos has a population of 7.77M (ranked 103/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). Laos' land area is 89,112 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 79th vs. 87th).

By GDP, Laos ranks 139/197 ($16.5B) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, Laos ranks 155/197 ($2,124), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

Laos and Syria: Comparison Charts

Laos and Syria economies compared

GDP

Laos

Syria

Table

Year	GDP
	Laos	Syria
1960	-	$857,704,413
1961	-	$945,244,972
1962	-	$1,110,565,881
1963	-	$1,200,447,408
1964	-	$1,339,494,267
1965	-	$1,472,036,540
1966	-	$1,342,287,553
1967	-	$1,580,229,799
1968	-	$1,753,746,430
1969	-	$2,245,011,515
1970	-	$2,140,384,010
1971	-	$2,589,851,325
1972	-	$3,059,681,698
1973	-	$3,239,487,516
1974	-	$5,159,557,148
1975	-	$6,826,980,444
1976	-	$7,633,528,867
1977	-	$7,696,011,396
1978	-	$9,275,200,458
1979	-	$9,929,681,529
1980	-	$13,062,420,382
1981	-	$15,518,201,335
1982	-	$16,298,929,011
1983	-	$17,589,277,143
1984	$1,757,142,856	$17,503,078,174
1985	$2,366,666,616	$16,403,539,893
1986	$1,776,842,097	$13,293,205,278
1987	$1,087,273,104	$11,356,215,543
1988	$598,961,269	$10,577,041,645
1989	$714,046,821	$9,853,395,762
1990	$865,559,879	$12,308,624,418
1991	$1,028,087,972	$12,981,833,333
1992	$1,127,806,945	$13,253,565,861
1993	$1,327,748,690	$13,695,962,055
1994	$1,543,606,345	$10,122,020,000
1995	$1,763,536,305	$11,396,706,587
1996	$1,873,671,550	$13,789,560,878
1997	$1,747,011,857	$14,505,233,463
1998	$1,280,177,839	$15,200,846,154
1999	$1,454,430,642	$15,873,875,969
2000	$1,731,198,022	$18,937,052,543
2001	$1,768,619,058	$20,237,024,725
2002	$1,758,176,653	$20,669,357,462
2003	$2,023,324,407	$21,828,144,686
2004	$2,366,398,120	$25,086,950,495
2005	$2,735,558,735	$28,858,965,517
2006	$3,455,030,061	$33,751,788,856
2007	$4,223,152,739	$40,465,318,382
2008	$5,446,433,157	$52,557,913,569
2009	$5,836,137,330	$54,111,735,629
2010	$7,131,771,015	$61,390,830,875
2011	$8,750,104,617	$67,539,428,159
2012	$10,192,846,339	$43,190,318,033
2013	$11,983,252,627	$21,361,254,635
2014	$13,279,245,886	$21,502,061,466
2015	$14,426,380,126	$16,466,863,117
2016	$15,912,501,723	$12,597,854,877
2017	$17,071,155,481	$16,369,843,352
2018	$18,141,641,090	$21,497,782,868
2019	$18,740,561,513	$22,583,045,060
2020	$18,981,805,250	$12,047,752,036
2021	$18,827,148,531	$14,353,205,678
2022	$15,468,785,204	$23,622,827,080
2023	$15,843,155,731	$19,993,439,950
2024	$16,502,933,121	-

Laos and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita

Laos

Syria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Laos	Syria
1960	-	$183.5
1961	-	$196.3
1962	-	$223.9
1963	-	$234.9
1964	-	$254.2
1965	-	$270.8
1966	-	$239.3
1967	-	$272.9
1968	-	$293.3
1969	-	$364
1970	-	$335
1971	-	$393
1972	-	$448
1973	-	$459
1974	-	$707
1975	-	$904
1976	-	$976
1977	-	$951
1978	-	$1,108
1979	-	$1,146
1980	-	$1,458
1981	-	$1,676
1982	-	$1,703
1983	-	$1,776
1984	$483	$1,706
1985	$633	$1,544
1986	$462	$1,208
1987	$274.7	$997
1988	$147.1	$898
1989	$170.4	$809
1990	$200.7	$978
1991	$231.8	$1,000
1992	$247.3	$990
1993	$283.4	$993
1994	$321	$712
1995	$358	$780
1996	$371	$918
1997	$339	$941
1998	$243.9	$961
1999	$272.3	$978
2000	$319	$1,138
2001	$320	$1,187
2002	$313	$1,183
2003	$355	$1,220
2004	$409	$1,368
2005	$466	$1,534
2006	$579	$1,719
2007	$697	$1,938
2008	$886	$2,429
2009	$935	$2,462
2010	$1,126	$2,731
2011	$1,362	$2,952
2012	$1,564	$1,898
2013	$1,813	$986
2014	$1,981	$1,061
2015	$2,121	$848
2016	$2,303	$656
2017	$2,432	$852
2018	$2,545	$1,098
2019	$2,589	$1,110
2020	$2,584	$572
2021	$2,526	$664
2022	$2,046	$1,052
2023	$2,067	$847
2024	$2,124	-

Laos vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Laos

Syria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Laos	Syria
1950	38.9	42.5
1951	39.2	43.4
1952	39.4	44.3
1953	39.7	45.3
1954	40	46.4
1955	40.3	47.4
1956	40.6	48.5
1957	40.9	49.6
1958	41.2	50.7
1959	40.7	51.7
1960	41	52.7
1961	41.3	53.7
1962	42.3	54.6
1963	41.5	55.4
1964	41.9	56.2
1965	42.2	56.9
1966	42.3	57.6
1967	42.9	58
1968	43.2	59.1
1969	43.5	59.8
1970	43.8	60.6
1971	44.1	61.3
1972	44.4	62
1973	44.7	60.8
1974	45.9	63.4
1975	46.1	64.2
1976	46	64.8
1977	46.4	65.4
1978	46.8	65.9
1979	47.5	66.2
1980	48.6	66.5
1981	49.2	64.6
1982	49.9	60.8
1983	50.5	67.4
1984	51	67.7
1985	51.6	68
1986	52.1	68.4
1987	52.6	68.8
1988	53.1	69.2
1989	53.6	69.5
1990	54	69.8
1991	54.7	70.1
1992	55.1	70.2
1993	55.6	70.3
1994	55.8	70.3
1995	56.3	70.2
1996	56.8	70.2
1997	57.3	70.2
1998	57.5	70.2
1999	57.9	70.5
2000	58.3	70.9
2001	58.9	71.3
2002	59.3	71.7
2003	59.6	72.2
2004	60.1	72.5
2005	60.7	72.8
2006	61.1	73
2007	61.7	73.3
2008	62.2	73.4
2009	63	73.5
2010	63.7	73.5
2011	64.5	72.3
2012	65.1	66.2
2013	65.7	65.1
2014	66.3	65.5
2015	66.7	63.3
2016	67	65.2
2017	67.3	65.7
2018	67.6	67.4
2019	67.9	71
2020	68.3	71.9
2021	67.8	72.4
2022	68.7	72.8
2023	69	72.1
2024	69.2	72.6
2025	69.5	73

Laos and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population

Laos

Syria

Table

Year	Population
	Laos	Syria
1960	2,121,514	4,673,500
1961	2,169,796	4,815,466
1962	2,219,910	4,959,340
1963	2,271,061	5,110,467
1964	2,322,826	5,269,087
1965	2,376,200	5,435,267
1966	2,431,084	5,609,047
1967	2,487,715	5,790,198
1968	2,546,377	5,978,742
1969	2,606,959	6,175,166
1970	2,669,702	6,380,609
1971	2,734,628	6,598,094
1972	2,801,660	6,826,024
1973	2,870,573	7,060,321
1974	2,939,761	7,302,160
1975	3,005,521	7,554,364
1976	3,064,876	7,817,320
1977	3,118,923	8,090,501
1978	3,171,740	8,372,759
1979	3,228,202	8,661,909
1980	3,292,573	8,957,663
1981	3,366,631	9,260,189
1982	3,450,026	9,572,511
1983	3,541,001	9,904,809
1984	3,637,843	10,258,398
1985	3,739,985	10,625,672
1986	3,846,715	11,002,844
1987	3,957,612	11,388,923
1988	4,072,601	11,782,264
1989	4,190,974	12,179,060
1990	4,311,955	12,579,208
1991	4,435,118	12,980,821
1992	4,559,646	13,385,571
1993	4,685,060	13,795,686
1994	4,809,220	14,208,583
1995	4,929,409	14,616,801
1996	5,045,678	15,018,104
1997	5,152,011	15,417,542
1998	5,248,266	15,820,413
1999	5,340,784	16,228,061
2000	5,431,212	16,637,888
2001	5,521,482	17,051,338
2002	5,610,889	17,468,332
2003	5,697,945	17,889,296
2004	5,781,626	18,336,875
2005	5,869,523	18,814,091
2006	5,963,200	19,637,022
2007	6,056,236	20,884,125
2008	6,148,969	21,636,564
2009	6,241,642	21,976,969
2010	6,334,194	22,482,421
2011	6,426,590	22,878,098
2012	6,518,978	22,759,763
2013	6,611,385	21,666,917
2014	6,703,172	20,273,659
2015	6,801,645	19,424,618
2016	6,908,802	19,193,834
2017	7,018,147	19,224,668
2018	7,128,045	19,577,845
2019	7,237,636	20,353,534
2020	7,346,533	21,049,429
2021	7,453,194	21,628,839
2022	7,559,007	22,462,173
2023	7,664,993	23,594,623
2024	7,769,819	24,672,760

Fertility rates in Laos and Syria

Fertility rate

Laos

Syria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Laos	Syria
1960	6.29	7.51
1961	6.31	7.5
1962	6.31	7.51
1963	6.32	7.51
1964	6.31	7.53
1965	6.32	7.53
1966	6.31	7.55
1967	6.31	7.56
1968	6.3	7.57
1969	6.3	7.59
1970	6.31	7.62
1971	6.3	7.6
1972	6.28	7.57
1973	6.28	7.55
1974	6.29	7.52
1975	6.29	7.49
1976	6.29	7.45
1977	6.29	7.42
1978	6.3	7.35
1979	6.31	7.25
1980	6.33	7.12
1981	6.35	6.97
1982	6.37	6.81
1983	6.38	6.69
1984	6.37	6.59
1985	6.33	6.48
1986	6.26	6.37
1987	6.21	6.2
1988	6.16	6
1989	6.1	5.78
1990	6.06	5.56
1991	5.99	5.34
1992	5.9	5.14
1993	5.8	4.99
1994	5.6	4.86
1995	5.36	4.7
1996	5.15	4.54
1997	4.96	4.37
1998	4.79	4.25
1999	4.64	4.14
2000	4.43	4.07
2001	4.29	3.98
2002	4.13	3.87
2003	4.02	3.76
2004	3.9	3.68
2005	3.69	3.61
2006	3.56	3.56
2007	3.44	3.54
2008	3.33	3.48
2009	3.23	3.42
2010	3.14	3.36
2011	3.05	3.29
2012	2.95	3.22
2013	2.87	3.17
2014	2.8	3.12
2015	2.8	3.07
2016	2.74	3.01
2017	2.69	2.97
2018	2.63	2.93
2019	2.59	2.88
2020	2.54	2.84
2021	2.49	2.8
2022	2.46	2.75
2023	2.42	2.71

Laos and Syria demographics compared

Median age

Laos

Syria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Laos	Syria
1960	19.2	17.6
1961	19.2	17.3
1962	19.1	17.1
1963	19	16.9
1964	19	16.7
1965	18.9	16.5
1966	18.9	16.4
1967	18.9	16.2
1968	18.8	16.1
1969	18.8	16
1970	18.7	15.9
1971	18.7	15.8
1972	18.7	15.8
1973	18.7	15.7
1974	18.6	15.7
1975	18.5	15.7
1976	18.4	15.6
1977	18.3	15.6
1978	18.1	15.6
1979	18	15.6
1980	17.9	15.6
1981	17.9	15.6
1982	17.8	15.7
1983	17.8	15.8
1984	17.8	15.8
1985	17.8	15.9
1986	17.8	16
1987	17.8	16.1
1988	17.9	16.2
1989	17.9	16.4
1990	17.9	16.5
1991	17.9	16.7
1992	17.9	16.9
1993	17.9	17.1
1994	17.9	17.3
1995	17.9	17.5
1996	17.9	17.7
1997	18	17.9
1998	18	18.1
1999	18	18.3
2000	18.1	18.5
2001	18.2	18.8
2002	18.4	19
2003	18.5	19.2
2004	18.7	19.5
2005	18.9	19.7
2006	19.2	20.3
2007	19.6	21
2008	20	21.3
2009	20.5	21.5
2010	21	21.7
2011	21.4	21.9
2012	21.9	21.8
2013	22.3	21.2
2014	22.7	20.1
2015	23	19.5
2016	23.3	19.5
2017	23.6	19.6
2018	23.8	20.1
2019	24.1	20.9
2020	24.4	21.6
2021	24.7	22.2
2022	25	22.7
2023	25.3	23.3
2024	25.6	23.9

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