Population in Eritrea compared to Laos: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Eritrea and Laos: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Laos	Eritrea	Laos
1960	972,547	2,121,514	-	-
1961	995,573	2,169,796	2.37%	2.28%
1962	1,019,788	2,219,910	2.43%	2.31%
1963	1,045,092	2,271,061	2.48%	2.3%
1964	1,071,287	2,322,826	2.51%	2.28%
1965	1,098,335	2,376,200	2.52%	2.3%
1966	1,124,957	2,431,084	2.42%	2.31%
1967	1,152,339	2,487,715	2.43%	2.33%
1968	1,181,737	2,546,377	2.55%	2.36%
1969	1,212,005	2,606,959	2.56%	2.38%
1970	1,243,453	2,669,702	2.59%	2.41%
1971	1,276,154	2,734,628	2.63%	2.43%
1972	1,309,235	2,801,660	2.59%	2.45%
1973	1,342,669	2,870,573	2.55%	2.46%
1974	1,375,688	2,939,761	2.46%	2.41%
1975	1,408,210	3,005,521	2.36%	2.24%
1976	1,443,807	3,064,876	2.53%	1.97%
1977	1,482,565	3,118,923	2.68%	1.76%
1978	1,522,378	3,171,740	2.69%	1.69%
1979	1,563,332	3,228,202	2.69%	1.78%
1980	1,605,797	3,292,573	2.72%	1.99%
1981	1,649,939	3,366,631	2.75%	2.25%
1982	1,695,461	3,450,026	2.76%	2.48%
1983	1,736,160	3,541,001	2.4%	2.64%
1984	1,771,730	3,637,843	2.05%	2.73%
1985	1,807,816	3,739,985	2.04%	2.81%
1986	1,845,164	3,846,715	2.07%	2.85%
1987	1,888,669	3,957,612	2.36%	2.88%
1988	1,938,255	4,072,601	2.63%	2.91%
1989	1,987,017	4,190,974	2.52%	2.91%
1990	2,032,737	4,311,955	2.3%	2.89%
1991	1,919,571	4,435,118	-5.57%	2.86%
1992	1,798,748	4,559,646	-6.29%	2.81%
1993	1,856,006	4,685,060	3.18%	2.75%
1994	1,913,915	4,809,220	3.12%	2.65%
1995	2,025,267	4,929,409	5.82%	2.5%
1996	2,128,464	5,045,678	5.1%	2.36%
1997	2,152,135	5,152,011	1.11%	2.11%
1998	2,180,419	5,248,266	1.31%	1.87%
1999	2,212,780	5,340,784	1.48%	1.76%
2000	2,247,031	5,431,212	1.55%	1.69%
2001	2,312,079	5,521,482	2.89%	1.66%
2002	2,392,978	5,610,889	3.5%	1.62%
2003	2,493,903	5,697,945	4.22%	1.55%
2004	2,598,284	5,781,626	4.19%	1.47%
2005	2,661,215	5,869,523	2.42%	1.52%
2006	2,703,502	5,963,200	1.59%	1.6%
2007	2,743,222	6,056,236	1.47%	1.56%
2008	2,816,327	6,148,969	2.66%	1.53%
2009	2,887,885	6,241,642	2.54%	1.51%
2010	2,945,186	6,334,194	1.98%	1.48%
2011	2,998,485	6,426,590	1.81%	1.46%
2012	3,036,988	6,518,978	1.28%	1.44%
2013	3,074,360	6,611,385	1.23%	1.42%
2014	3,095,173	6,703,172	0.68%	1.39%
2015	3,105,546	6,801,645	0.34%	1.47%
2016	3,124,698	6,908,802	0.62%	1.58%
2017	3,150,347	7,018,147	0.82%	1.58%
2018	3,192,760	7,128,045	1.35%	1.57%
2019	3,240,194	7,237,636	1.49%	1.54%
2020	3,291,271	7,346,533	1.58%	1.5%
2021	3,350,183	7,453,194	1.79%	1.45%
2022	3,409,447	7,559,007	1.77%	1.42%
2023	3,470,390	7,664,993	1.79%	1.4%
2024	3,535,603	7,769,819	1.88%	1.37%
2025	3,606,996	7,873,043	2.02%	1.33%
2026	3,682,659	7,974,020	2.1%	1.28%
2027	3,760,368	8,072,924	2.11%	1.24%
2028	3,840,135	8,169,794	2.12%	1.2%
2029	3,920,467	8,264,394	2.09%	1.16%
2030	4,002,671	8,357,024	2.1%	1.12%
2031	4,085,037	8,447,769	2.06%	1.09%
2032	4,166,507	8,536,450	1.99%	1.05%
2033	4,249,501	8,622,824	1.99%	1.01%
2034	4,334,727	8,706,826	2.01%	0.97%
2035	4,420,915	8,788,759	1.99%	0.94%
2036	4,509,755	8,868,880	2.01%	0.91%
2037	4,601,933	8,947,241	2.04%	0.88%
2038	4,692,340	9,023,864	1.96%	0.86%
2039	4,780,469	9,097,889	1.88%	0.82%
2040	4,868,668	9,168,998	1.84%	0.78%
2041	4,954,481	9,238,108	1.76%	0.75%
2042	5,039,298	9,305,405	1.71%	0.73%
2043	5,124,256	9,370,049	1.69%	0.69%
2044	5,207,858	9,432,310	1.63%	0.66%
2045	5,292,756	9,492,501	1.63%	0.64%
2046	5,375,963	9,550,341	1.57%	0.61%
2047	5,456,488	9,605,804	1.5%	0.58%
2048	5,537,538	9,659,037	1.49%	0.55%
2049	5,617,348	9,709,614	1.44%	0.52%
2050	5,696,052	9,757,279	1.4%	0.49%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eritrea increased by 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth), while Laos gained 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eritrea gained 562,228 (a 18.1% growth), while Laos' population increased by 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 136th most populous country in 2005 and is 131st 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) Eritrea's population will grow by 55.3% to 5,696,052 people with a rank change from 131st to 123rd. The population of Laos will increase by 22.7% to 9,757,279 people and rank change from 103rd to 99th.