The latest officially reported population of Austria was 9,178,482 in 2024 vs 7,769,819 people in Laos in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Austria's population is 9,171,198 people compared to 7,954,155 in Laos.
Population statistics:
- Austria's population is 1.15 times bigger than Laos'.
- Austria is ranked the 99th most populous country in the world, while Laos is the 103rd.
- The countries together account for 0.21% of the world: 0.11% for Austria vs 0.1% for Laos.
- For the last 10 years, Austria has had an average growth rate of +0.72% per year vs +1.48% in Laos.
- Since 2005, the population of Austria has increased from 8.23M people to 9.17M (11.5% growth), while Laos has grown from 5.87M to 7.95M (35.5% growth).
- Laos is projected to reach its peak in 2068 at 10.2M people, while Austria's population already peaked in 2024 at 9.18M people and is projected to decrease to 7.45M people by 2100.
Austria vs Laos: live population counter
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| Current population |
9171198
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7954155
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| Population rank | 99/197 | 103/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.11% | 0.1% |
| One net population change |
11.2 minutes
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5.01 minutes
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| One birth every |
6.77 minutes
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3.22 minutes
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| One death every |
5.87 minutes
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11 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
59.6 minutes
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51.1 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +8,813 | -10,284 |
| Daily growth/decline | +128 | +287 |
| Annual growth/decline | +46,721 | +104,826 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.51% | +1.37% |
| Population growth rate rank | 132/197 | 80/197 |
Austria and Laos: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 7,047,539 | 2,121,514 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,086,299 | 2,169,796 | 0.55% | 2.28% |
| 1962 | 7,129,864 | 2,219,910 | 0.61% | 2.31% |
| 1963 | 7,175,811 | 2,271,061 | 0.64% | 2.3% |
| 1964 | 7,223,801 | 2,322,826 | 0.67% | 2.28% |
| 1965 | 7,270,889 | 2,376,200 | 0.65% | 2.3% |
| 1966 | 7,322,066 | 2,431,084 | 0.7% | 2.31% |
| 1967 | 7,376,998 | 2,487,715 | 0.75% | 2.33% |
| 1968 | 7,415,403 | 2,546,377 | 0.52% | 2.36% |
| 1969 | 7,441,055 | 2,606,959 | 0.35% | 2.38% |
| 1970 | 7,467,086 | 2,669,702 | 0.35% | 2.41% |
| 1971 | 7,500,482 | 2,734,628 | 0.45% | 2.43% |
| 1972 | 7,544,201 | 2,801,660 | 0.58% | 2.45% |
| 1973 | 7,586,115 | 2,870,573 | 0.56% | 2.46% |
| 1974 | 7,599,038 | 2,939,761 | 0.17% | 2.41% |
| 1975 | 7,578,903 | 3,005,521 | -0.26% | 2.24% |
| 1976 | 7,565,525 | 3,064,876 | -0.18% | 1.97% |
| 1977 | 7,568,430 | 3,118,923 | 0.04% | 1.76% |
| 1978 | 7,562,305 | 3,171,740 | -0.08% | 1.69% |
| 1979 | 7,549,425 | 3,228,202 | -0.17% | 1.78% |
| 1980 | 7,549,433 | 3,292,573 | 0% | 1.99% |
| 1981 | 7,568,710 | 3,366,631 | 0.26% | 2.25% |
| 1982 | 7,574,140 | 3,450,026 | 0.07% | 2.48% |
| 1983 | 7,561,910 | 3,541,001 | -0.16% | 2.64% |
| 1984 | 7,561,434 | 3,637,843 | -0.006% | 2.73% |
| 1985 | 7,564,985 | 3,739,985 | 0.05% | 2.81% |
| 1986 | 7,569,794 | 3,846,715 | 0.06% | 2.85% |
| 1987 | 7,574,586 | 3,957,612 | 0.06% | 2.88% |
| 1988 | 7,585,317 | 4,072,601 | 0.14% | 2.91% |
| 1989 | 7,619,567 | 4,190,974 | 0.45% | 2.91% |
| 1990 | 7,677,850 | 4,311,955 | 0.76% | 2.89% |
| 1991 | 7,754,891 | 4,435,118 | 1% | 2.86% |
| 1992 | 7,840,709 | 4,559,646 | 1.11% | 2.81% |
| 1993 | 7,905,633 | 4,685,060 | 0.83% | 2.75% |
| 1994 | 7,936,118 | 4,809,220 | 0.39% | 2.65% |
| 1995 | 7,948,278 | 4,929,409 | 0.15% | 2.5% |
| 1996 | 7,959,017 | 5,045,678 | 0.14% | 2.36% |
| 1997 | 7,968,041 | 5,152,011 | 0.11% | 2.11% |
| 1998 | 7,976,789 | 5,248,266 | 0.11% | 1.87% |
| 1999 | 7,992,324 | 5,340,784 | 0.19% | 1.76% |
| 2000 | 8,011,566 | 5,431,212 | 0.24% | 1.69% |
| 2001 | 8,042,293 | 5,521,482 | 0.38% | 1.66% |
| 2002 | 8,081,957 | 5,610,889 | 0.49% | 1.62% |
| 2003 | 8,121,423 | 5,697,945 | 0.49% | 1.55% |
| 2004 | 8,171,966 | 5,781,626 | 0.62% | 1.47% |
| 2005 | 8,227,829 | 5,869,523 | 0.68% | 1.52% |
| 2006 | 8,268,641 | 5,963,200 | 0.5% | 1.6% |
| 2007 | 8,295,487 | 6,056,236 | 0.32% | 1.56% |
| 2008 | 8,321,496 | 6,148,969 | 0.31% | 1.53% |
| 2009 | 8,343,323 | 6,241,642 | 0.26% | 1.51% |
| 2010 | 8,363,404 | 6,334,194 | 0.24% | 1.48% |
| 2011 | 8,391,643 | 6,426,590 | 0.34% | 1.46% |
| 2012 | 8,429,991 | 6,518,978 | 0.46% | 1.44% |
| 2013 | 8,479,823 | 6,611,385 | 0.59% | 1.42% |
| 2014 | 8,546,356 | 6,703,172 | 0.78% | 1.39% |
| 2015 | 8,642,699 | 6,801,645 | 1.13% | 1.47% |
| 2016 | 8,736,668 | 6,908,802 | 1.09% | 1.58% |
| 2017 | 8,797,566 | 7,018,147 | 0.7% | 1.58% |
| 2018 | 8,840,521 | 7,128,045 | 0.49% | 1.57% |
| 2019 | 8,879,920 | 7,237,636 | 0.45% | 1.54% |
| 2020 | 8,916,864 | 7,346,533 | 0.42% | 1.5% |
| 2021 | 8,955,797 | 7,453,194 | 0.44% | 1.45% |
| 2022 | 9,041,851 | 7,559,007 | 0.96% | 1.42% |
| 2023 | 9,131,761 | 7,664,993 | 0.99% | 1.4% |
| 2024 | 9,178,482 | 7,769,819 | 0.51% | 1.37% |
| 2025 | 9,171,198 | 7,873,043 | -0.08% | 1.33% |
| 2026 | 9,164,846 | 7,974,020 | -0.07% | 1.28% |
| 2027 | 9,159,036 | 8,072,924 | -0.06% | 1.24% |
| 2028 | 9,153,783 | 8,169,794 | -0.06% | 1.2% |
| 2029 | 9,147,235 | 8,264,394 | -0.07% | 1.16% |
| 2030 | 9,137,754 | 8,357,024 | -0.1% | 1.12% |
| 2031 | 9,126,423 | 8,447,769 | -0.12% | 1.09% |
| 2032 | 9,113,762 | 8,536,450 | -0.14% | 1.05% |
| 2033 | 9,100,660 | 8,622,824 | -0.14% | 1.01% |
| 2034 | 9,086,498 | 8,706,826 | -0.16% | 0.97% |
| 2035 | 9,071,197 | 8,788,759 | -0.17% | 0.94% |
| 2036 | 9,056,140 | 8,868,880 | -0.17% | 0.91% |
| 2037 | 9,039,487 | 8,947,241 | -0.18% | 0.88% |
| 2038 | 9,023,097 | 9,023,864 | -0.18% | 0.86% |
| 2039 | 9,007,376 | 9,097,889 | -0.17% | 0.82% |
| 2040 | 8,990,550 | 9,168,998 | -0.19% | 0.78% |
| 2041 | 8,973,934 | 9,238,108 | -0.18% | 0.75% |
| 2042 | 8,956,944 | 9,305,405 | -0.19% | 0.73% |
| 2043 | 8,939,342 | 9,370,049 | -0.2% | 0.69% |
| 2044 | 8,920,544 | 9,432,310 | -0.21% | 0.66% |
| 2045 | 8,900,652 | 9,492,501 | -0.22% | 0.64% |
| 2046 | 8,879,996 | 9,550,341 | -0.23% | 0.61% |
| 2047 | 8,857,554 | 9,605,804 | -0.25% | 0.58% |
| 2048 | 8,833,340 | 9,659,037 | -0.27% | 0.55% |
| 2049 | 8,807,087 | 9,709,614 | -0.3% | 0.52% |
| 2050 | 8,779,494 | 9,757,279 | -0.31% | 0.49% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Austria increased by 414,870 people (a 5.04% growth), while Laos gained 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Austria gained 528,499 (a 6.11% growth), while Laos' population increased by 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth).
Austria was ranked 91st most populous country in 2005 and is 99th in 2025. Laos was ranked 103rd in 2005 and still ranked 103rd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Austria's population will shrink by 4.27% to 8,779,494 people with a rank change from 99th to 108th. The population of Laos will increase by 22.7% to 9,757,279 people and rank change from 103rd to 99th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Vienna | 1.97M |
| Graz | 293K |
| Linz | 212K |
| Salzburg | 155K |
| Innsbruck | 131K |
| Klagenfurt | 101K |
| Wels | 65.3K |
| Villach | 65.1K |
| Sankt Polten | 55.5K |
| Dornbirn | 48.1K |
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| City | Population |
| Vientiane | 948K |
| Thakhek | 90.8K |
| Luang Prabang | 53.8K |
| Vang Vieng | 25K |
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Population differences between Austria and Laos
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| Life expectancy | 82.3 years | 69.5 years |
| Average age | 43.7 years | 28.3 years |
| Median age | 44.4 years | 25.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.2:50.8 | 50.2:49.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1.32 births per woman | 2.42 births per woman |
| Population density | 288.1 ppl/mi² | 87.2 ppl/mi² |
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