The latest officially reported population of Croatia was 3,866,300 in 2024 vs 7,769,819 people in Laos in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Croatia's population is 3,839,202 people compared to 7,954,155 in Laos.
Population statistics:
- Laos' population is 2.07 times bigger than Croatia's.
- Croatia is ranked the 129th most populous country in the world, while Laos is the 103rd.
- The countries together account for 0.14% of the world: 0.05% for Croatia vs 0.1% for Laos.
- For the last 10 years, Croatia has had an average growth rate of -0.82% per year vs +1.48% in Laos.
- Since 2005, the population of Croatia has decreased from 4.31M people to 3.84M (10.9% decline), 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 Croatia's population already peaked in 1990 at 4.78M people and is projected to decrease to 2.14M people by 2100.
Croatia vs Laos: live population counter
Croatia
|
Laos
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
3839202
|
7954155
|
| Population rank | 129/197 | 103/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.05% | 0.1% |
| One net population change |
1.32 hours
|
5.01 minutes
|
| One birth every |
16.4 minutes
|
3.22 minutes
|
| One death every |
10.2 minutes
|
11 minutes
|
| One migration net change every |
1.69 hours
|
51.1 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | -5,186 | -10,284 |
| Daily growth/decline | +18 | +287 |
| Annual growth/decline | +6,614 | +104,826 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.17% | +1.37% |
| Population growth rate rank | 155/197 | 80/197 |
Croatia and Laos: population history and growth rate by year chart
Croatia
Population
Growth rate
Laos
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Croatia
|
Laos
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Croatia
|
Laos
|
|
| 1960 | 4,140,181 | 2,121,514 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,167,292 | 2,169,796 | 0.65% | 2.28% |
| 1962 | 4,196,712 | 2,219,910 | 0.71% | 2.31% |
| 1963 | 4,225,675 | 2,271,061 | 0.69% | 2.3% |
| 1964 | 4,252,876 | 2,322,826 | 0.64% | 2.28% |
| 1965 | 4,280,923 | 2,376,200 | 0.66% | 2.3% |
| 1966 | 4,310,701 | 2,431,084 | 0.7% | 2.31% |
| 1967 | 4,338,683 | 2,487,715 | 0.65% | 2.33% |
| 1968 | 4,365,628 | 2,546,377 | 0.62% | 2.36% |
| 1969 | 4,391,490 | 2,606,959 | 0.59% | 2.38% |
| 1970 | 4,412,252 | 2,669,702 | 0.47% | 2.41% |
| 1971 | 4,431,275 | 2,734,628 | 0.43% | 2.43% |
| 1972 | 4,450,564 | 2,801,660 | 0.44% | 2.45% |
| 1973 | 4,470,161 | 2,870,573 | 0.44% | 2.46% |
| 1974 | 4,490,660 | 2,939,761 | 0.46% | 2.41% |
| 1975 | 4,512,082 | 3,005,521 | 0.48% | 2.24% |
| 1976 | 4,535,934 | 3,064,876 | 0.53% | 1.97% |
| 1977 | 4,559,571 | 3,118,923 | 0.52% | 1.76% |
| 1978 | 4,581,085 | 3,171,740 | 0.47% | 1.69% |
| 1979 | 4,594,778 | 3,228,202 | 0.3% | 1.78% |
| 1980 | 4,599,782 | 3,292,573 | 0.11% | 1.99% |
| 1981 | 4,611,509 | 3,366,631 | 0.25% | 2.25% |
| 1982 | 4,634,234 | 3,450,026 | 0.49% | 2.48% |
| 1983 | 4,658,254 | 3,541,001 | 0.52% | 2.64% |
| 1984 | 4,680,285 | 3,637,843 | 0.47% | 2.73% |
| 1985 | 4,701,417 | 3,739,985 | 0.45% | 2.81% |
| 1986 | 4,721,446 | 3,846,715 | 0.43% | 2.85% |
| 1987 | 4,739,745 | 3,957,612 | 0.39% | 2.88% |
| 1988 | 4,755,207 | 4,072,601 | 0.33% | 2.91% |
| 1989 | 4,767,260 | 4,190,974 | 0.25% | 2.91% |
| 1990 | 4,777,368 | 4,311,955 | 0.21% | 2.89% |
| 1991 | 4,689,022 | 4,435,118 | -1.85% | 2.86% |
| 1992 | 4,575,818 | 4,559,646 | -2.41% | 2.81% |
| 1993 | 4,600,463 | 4,685,060 | 0.54% | 2.75% |
| 1994 | 4,652,024 | 4,809,220 | 1.12% | 2.65% |
| 1995 | 4,620,030 | 4,929,409 | -0.69% | 2.5% |
| 1996 | 4,557,097 | 5,045,678 | -1.36% | 2.36% |
| 1997 | 4,534,920 | 5,152,011 | -0.49% | 2.11% |
| 1998 | 4,532,135 | 5,248,266 | -0.06% | 1.87% |
| 1999 | 4,512,597 | 5,340,784 | -0.43% | 1.76% |
| 2000 | 4,468,302 | 5,431,212 | -0.98% | 1.69% |
| 2001 | 4,299,642 | 5,521,482 | -3.77% | 1.66% |
| 2002 | 4,302,174 | 5,610,889 | 0.06% | 1.62% |
| 2003 | 4,303,399 | 5,697,945 | 0.03% | 1.55% |
| 2004 | 4,304,600 | 5,781,626 | 0.03% | 1.47% |
| 2005 | 4,310,145 | 5,869,523 | 0.13% | 1.52% |
| 2006 | 4,311,159 | 5,963,200 | 0.02% | 1.6% |
| 2007 | 4,310,217 | 6,056,236 | -0.02% | 1.56% |
| 2008 | 4,309,705 | 6,148,969 | -0.01% | 1.53% |
| 2009 | 4,305,181 | 6,241,642 | -0.1% | 1.51% |
| 2010 | 4,295,427 | 6,334,194 | -0.23% | 1.48% |
| 2011 | 4,280,622 | 6,426,590 | -0.34% | 1.46% |
| 2012 | 4,260,368 | 6,518,978 | -0.47% | 1.44% |
| 2013 | 4,233,922 | 6,611,385 | -0.62% | 1.42% |
| 2014 | 4,201,598 | 6,703,172 | -0.76% | 1.39% |
| 2015 | 4,151,725 | 6,801,645 | -1.19% | 1.47% |
| 2016 | 4,106,867 | 6,908,802 | -1.08% | 1.58% |
| 2017 | 4,041,407 | 7,018,147 | -1.59% | 1.58% |
| 2018 | 3,988,775 | 7,128,045 | -1.3% | 1.57% |
| 2019 | 3,949,390 | 7,237,636 | -0.99% | 1.54% |
| 2020 | 3,914,206 | 7,346,533 | -0.89% | 1.5% |
| 2021 | 3,878,981 | 7,453,194 | -0.9% | 1.45% |
| 2022 | 3,855,641 | 7,559,007 | -0.6% | 1.42% |
| 2023 | 3,859,686 | 7,664,993 | 0.1% | 1.4% |
| 2024 | 3,866,300 | 7,769,819 | 0.17% | 1.37% |
| 2025 | 3,839,202 | 7,873,043 | -0.7% | 1.33% |
| 2026 | 3,813,444 | 7,974,020 | -0.67% | 1.28% |
| 2027 | 3,788,509 | 8,072,924 | -0.65% | 1.24% |
| 2028 | 3,764,509 | 8,169,794 | -0.63% | 1.2% |
| 2029 | 3,740,864 | 8,264,394 | -0.63% | 1.16% |
| 2030 | 3,717,091 | 8,357,024 | -0.64% | 1.12% |
| 2031 | 3,693,060 | 8,447,769 | -0.65% | 1.09% |
| 2032 | 3,668,891 | 8,536,450 | -0.65% | 1.05% |
| 2033 | 3,645,252 | 8,622,824 | -0.64% | 1.01% |
| 2034 | 3,621,822 | 8,706,826 | -0.64% | 0.97% |
| 2035 | 3,598,817 | 8,788,759 | -0.64% | 0.94% |
| 2036 | 3,576,022 | 8,868,880 | -0.63% | 0.91% |
| 2037 | 3,552,470 | 8,947,241 | -0.66% | 0.88% |
| 2038 | 3,528,382 | 9,023,864 | -0.68% | 0.86% |
| 2039 | 3,504,319 | 9,097,889 | -0.68% | 0.82% |
| 2040 | 3,480,182 | 9,168,998 | -0.69% | 0.78% |
| 2041 | 3,455,709 | 9,238,108 | -0.7% | 0.75% |
| 2042 | 3,430,926 | 9,305,405 | -0.72% | 0.73% |
| 2043 | 3,406,019 | 9,370,049 | -0.73% | 0.69% |
| 2044 | 3,380,680 | 9,432,310 | -0.74% | 0.66% |
| 2045 | 3,355,131 | 9,492,501 | -0.76% | 0.64% |
| 2046 | 3,329,736 | 9,550,341 | -0.76% | 0.61% |
| 2047 | 3,304,173 | 9,605,804 | -0.77% | 0.58% |
| 2048 | 3,278,352 | 9,659,037 | -0.78% | 0.55% |
| 2049 | 3,252,533 | 9,709,614 | -0.79% | 0.52% |
| 2050 | 3,226,623 | 9,757,279 | -0.8% | 0.49% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Croatia decreased by 158,420 people (a 3.68% decline), while Laos gained 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Croatia lost -312,523 (a 7.53% decline), while Laos' population increased by 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth).
Croatia was ranked 117th most populous country in 2005 and is 129th 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) Croatia's population will shrink by 16% to 3,226,623 people with a rank change from 129th to 139th. 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
|
Croatia
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Zagreb | 767K |
| Split | 161K |
| Rijeka | 108K |
| Osijek | 96.3K |
| Zadar | 70.8K |
| Velika Gorica | 61.1K |
| Pula | 52.2K |
| Slavonski Brod | 49.9K |
| Karlovac | 49.4K |
| Sibenik | 42.6K |
|
Laos
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Vientiane | 948K |
| Thakhek | 90.8K |
| Luang Prabang | 53.8K |
| Vang Vieng | 25K |
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Population differences between Croatia and Laos
|
Croatia
|
Laos
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.9 years | 69.5 years |
| Average age | 44.6 years | 28.3 years |
| Median age | 46 years | 25.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.2:51.8 | 50.2:49.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1.46 births per woman | 2.42 births per woman |
| Population density | 178.9 ppl/mi² | 87.2 ppl/mi² |
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