Population in the Congo compared to Laos: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Congo and Laos: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Congo	Laos	Congo	Laos
1960	1,056,732	2,121,514	-	-
1961	1,084,389	2,169,796	2.62%	2.28%
1962	1,113,175	2,219,910	2.65%	2.31%
1963	1,143,263	2,271,061	2.7%	2.3%
1964	1,174,816	2,322,826	2.76%	2.28%
1965	1,207,880	2,376,200	2.81%	2.3%
1966	1,242,534	2,431,084	2.87%	2.31%
1967	1,278,691	2,487,715	2.91%	2.33%
1968	1,316,519	2,546,377	2.96%	2.36%
1969	1,356,182	2,606,959	3.01%	2.38%
1970	1,397,638	2,669,702	3.06%	2.41%
1971	1,441,039	2,734,628	3.11%	2.43%
1972	1,486,468	2,801,660	3.15%	2.45%
1973	1,533,680	2,870,573	3.18%	2.46%
1974	1,582,301	2,939,761	3.17%	2.41%
1975	1,627,032	3,005,521	2.83%	2.24%
1976	1,667,225	3,064,876	2.47%	1.97%
1977	1,707,568	3,118,923	2.42%	1.76%
1978	1,748,089	3,171,740	2.37%	1.69%
1979	1,788,524	3,228,202	2.31%	1.78%
1980	1,828,985	3,292,573	2.26%	1.99%
1981	1,869,759	3,366,631	2.23%	2.25%
1982	1,910,430	3,450,026	2.18%	2.48%
1983	1,950,321	3,541,001	2.09%	2.64%
1984	1,999,528	3,637,843	2.52%	2.73%
1985	2,059,311	3,739,985	2.99%	2.81%
1986	2,120,602	3,846,715	2.98%	2.85%
1987	2,183,473	3,957,612	2.96%	2.88%
1988	2,247,653	4,072,601	2.94%	2.91%
1989	2,313,558	4,190,974	2.93%	2.91%
1990	2,380,560	4,311,955	2.9%	2.89%
1991	2,449,229	4,435,118	2.88%	2.86%
1992	2,519,465	4,559,646	2.87%	2.81%
1993	2,595,124	4,685,060	3%	2.75%
1994	2,673,144	4,809,220	3.01%	2.65%
1995	2,749,461	4,929,409	2.85%	2.5%
1996	2,826,785	5,045,678	2.81%	2.36%
1997	2,887,862	5,152,011	2.16%	2.11%
1998	2,952,061	5,248,266	2.22%	1.87%
1999	3,032,874	5,340,784	2.74%	1.76%
2000	3,151,345	5,431,212	3.91%	1.69%
2001	3,272,537	5,521,482	3.85%	1.66%
2002	3,350,771	5,610,889	2.39%	1.62%
2003	3,445,753	5,697,945	2.83%	1.55%
2004	3,565,554	5,781,626	3.48%	1.47%
2005	3,696,393	5,869,523	3.67%	1.52%
2006	3,837,409	5,963,200	3.81%	1.6%
2007	3,980,430	6,056,236	3.73%	1.56%
2008	4,113,517	6,148,969	3.34%	1.53%
2009	4,281,219	6,241,642	4.08%	1.51%
2010	4,462,290	6,334,194	4.23%	1.48%
2011	4,609,724	6,426,590	3.3%	1.46%
2012	4,740,450	6,518,978	2.84%	1.44%
2013	4,857,099	6,611,385	2.46%	1.42%
2014	4,975,880	6,703,172	2.45%	1.39%
2015	5,097,581	6,801,645	2.45%	1.47%
2016	5,222,536	6,908,802	2.45%	1.58%
2017	5,351,011	7,018,147	2.46%	1.58%
2018	5,483,118	7,128,045	2.47%	1.57%
2019	5,616,661	7,237,636	2.44%	1.54%
2020	5,752,791	7,346,533	2.42%	1.5%
2021	5,892,183	7,453,194	2.42%	1.45%
2022	6,035,104	7,559,007	2.43%	1.42%
2023	6,182,885	7,664,993	2.45%	1.4%
2024	6,332,961	7,769,819	2.43%	1.37%
2025	6,484,427	7,873,043	2.39%	1.33%
2026	6,637,777	7,974,020	2.36%	1.28%
2027	6,794,288	8,072,924	2.36%	1.24%
2028	6,953,966	8,169,794	2.35%	1.2%
2029	7,116,456	8,264,394	2.34%	1.16%
2030	7,282,261	8,357,024	2.33%	1.12%
2031	7,452,405	8,447,769	2.34%	1.09%
2032	7,626,474	8,536,450	2.34%	1.05%
2033	7,802,988	8,622,824	2.31%	1.01%
2034	7,981,338	8,706,826	2.29%	0.97%
2035	8,160,723	8,788,759	2.25%	0.94%
2036	8,341,706	8,868,880	2.22%	0.91%
2037	8,524,798	8,947,241	2.19%	0.88%
2038	8,709,719	9,023,864	2.17%	0.86%
2039	8,896,164	9,097,889	2.14%	0.82%
2040	9,083,959	9,168,998	2.11%	0.78%
2041	9,274,654	9,238,108	2.1%	0.75%
2042	9,466,745	9,305,405	2.07%	0.73%
2043	9,658,834	9,370,049	2.03%	0.69%
2044	9,850,493	9,432,310	1.98%	0.66%
2045	10,041,891	9,492,501	1.94%	0.64%
2046	10,234,360	9,550,341	1.92%	0.61%
2047	10,427,899	9,605,804	1.89%	0.58%
2048	10,621,379	9,659,037	1.86%	0.55%
2049	10,813,639	9,709,614	1.81%	0.52%
2050	11,006,454	9,757,279	1.78%	0.49%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Congo increased by 1,401,188 people (a 37.9% growth), while Laos gained 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Congo gained 1,510,028 (a 29.6% growth), while Laos' population increased by 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth).

The Congo was ranked 125th most populous country in 2005 and is 109th 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) the Congo's population will grow by 66.6% to 11,006,454 people with a rank change from 109th to 95th. The population of Laos will increase by 22.7% to 9,757,279 people and rank change from 103rd to 99th.