The latest officially reported population of Fiji was 928,784 in 2024 vs 7,769,819 people in Laos in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Fiji's population is 936,456 people compared to 7,954,155 in Laos.
Population statistics:
- Laos' population is 8.49 times bigger than Fiji's.
- Fiji is ranked the 159th most populous country in the world, while Laos is the 103rd.
- The countries together account for 0.11% of the world: 0.01% for Fiji vs 0.1% for Laos.
- For the last 10 years, Fiji has had an average growth rate of +0.12% per year vs +1.48% in Laos.
- Since 2005, the population of Fiji has increased from 882K people to 936K (6.13% growth), while Laos has grown from 5.87M to 7.95M (35.5% growth).
- Fiji is projected to reach its peak in 2054 at 1M people compared to the peak of 10.2M people in 2068 for Laos.
Fiji vs Laos: live population counter
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| Current population |
936456
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7954155
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| Population rank | 159/197 | 103/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.01% | 0.1% |
| One net population change |
1.89 hours
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5.01 minutes
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| One birth every |
31.6 minutes
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3.22 minutes
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| One death every |
1.02 hours
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11 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.67 hours
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51.1 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -3,278 | -10,284 |
| Daily growth/decline | +13 | +287 |
| Annual growth/decline | +4,639 | +104,826 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.5% | +1.37% |
| Population growth rate rank | 134/197 | 80/197 |
Fiji and Laos: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 404,887 | 2,121,514 | - | - |
| 1961 | 417,406 | 2,169,796 | 3.09% | 2.28% |
| 1962 | 430,536 | 2,219,910 | 3.15% | 2.31% |
| 1963 | 444,276 | 2,271,061 | 3.19% | 2.3% |
| 1964 | 458,324 | 2,322,826 | 3.16% | 2.28% |
| 1965 | 472,575 | 2,376,200 | 3.11% | 2.3% |
| 1966 | 486,487 | 2,431,084 | 2.94% | 2.31% |
| 1967 | 498,873 | 2,487,715 | 2.55% | 2.33% |
| 1968 | 510,002 | 2,546,377 | 2.23% | 2.36% |
| 1969 | 520,797 | 2,606,959 | 2.12% | 2.38% |
| 1970 | 531,188 | 2,669,702 | 2% | 2.41% |
| 1971 | 541,121 | 2,734,628 | 1.87% | 2.43% |
| 1972 | 550,499 | 2,801,660 | 1.73% | 2.45% |
| 1973 | 559,222 | 2,870,573 | 1.58% | 2.46% |
| 1974 | 567,489 | 2,939,761 | 1.48% | 2.41% |
| 1975 | 575,906 | 3,005,521 | 1.48% | 2.24% |
| 1976 | 585,534 | 3,064,876 | 1.67% | 1.97% |
| 1977 | 597,805 | 3,118,923 | 2.1% | 1.76% |
| 1978 | 612,091 | 3,171,740 | 2.39% | 1.69% |
| 1979 | 626,862 | 3,228,202 | 2.41% | 1.78% |
| 1980 | 641,975 | 3,292,573 | 2.41% | 1.99% |
| 1981 | 657,471 | 3,366,631 | 2.41% | 2.25% |
| 1982 | 673,414 | 3,450,026 | 2.42% | 2.48% |
| 1983 | 689,835 | 3,541,001 | 2.44% | 2.64% |
| 1984 | 706,716 | 3,637,843 | 2.45% | 2.73% |
| 1985 | 723,761 | 3,739,985 | 2.41% | 2.81% |
| 1986 | 739,306 | 3,846,715 | 2.15% | 2.85% |
| 1987 | 750,540 | 3,957,612 | 1.52% | 2.88% |
| 1988 | 758,697 | 4,072,601 | 1.09% | 2.91% |
| 1989 | 766,321 | 4,190,974 | 1% | 2.91% |
| 1990 | 773,316 | 4,311,955 | 0.91% | 2.89% |
| 1991 | 779,656 | 4,435,118 | 0.82% | 2.86% |
| 1992 | 785,346 | 4,559,646 | 0.73% | 2.81% |
| 1993 | 790,369 | 4,685,060 | 0.64% | 2.75% |
| 1994 | 794,771 | 4,809,220 | 0.56% | 2.65% |
| 1995 | 798,746 | 4,929,409 | 0.5% | 2.5% |
| 1996 | 803,789 | 5,045,678 | 0.63% | 2.36% |
| 1997 | 812,139 | 5,152,011 | 1.04% | 2.11% |
| 1998 | 822,258 | 5,248,266 | 1.25% | 1.87% |
| 1999 | 831,828 | 5,340,784 | 1.16% | 1.76% |
| 2000 | 840,909 | 5,431,212 | 1.09% | 1.69% |
| 2001 | 849,596 | 5,521,482 | 1.03% | 1.66% |
| 2002 | 858,049 | 5,610,889 | 0.99% | 1.62% |
| 2003 | 866,286 | 5,697,945 | 0.96% | 1.55% |
| 2004 | 874,366 | 5,781,626 | 0.93% | 1.47% |
| 2005 | 882,379 | 5,869,523 | 0.92% | 1.52% |
| 2006 | 890,365 | 5,963,200 | 0.91% | 1.6% |
| 2007 | 897,832 | 6,056,236 | 0.84% | 1.56% |
| 2008 | 903,399 | 6,148,969 | 0.62% | 1.53% |
| 2009 | 907,239 | 6,241,642 | 0.43% | 1.51% |
| 2010 | 910,419 | 6,334,194 | 0.35% | 1.48% |
| 2011 | 912,989 | 6,426,590 | 0.28% | 1.46% |
| 2012 | 914,918 | 6,518,978 | 0.21% | 1.44% |
| 2013 | 916,352 | 6,611,385 | 0.16% | 1.42% |
| 2014 | 917,585 | 6,703,172 | 0.13% | 1.39% |
| 2015 | 918,578 | 6,801,645 | 0.11% | 1.47% |
| 2016 | 919,166 | 6,908,802 | 0.06% | 1.58% |
| 2017 | 918,759 | 7,018,147 | -0.04% | 1.58% |
| 2018 | 917,180 | 7,128,045 | -0.17% | 1.57% |
| 2019 | 914,899 | 7,237,636 | -0.25% | 1.54% |
| 2020 | 914,963 | 7,346,533 | 0.007% | 1.5% |
| 2021 | 916,711 | 7,453,194 | 0.19% | 1.45% |
| 2022 | 919,422 | 7,559,007 | 0.3% | 1.42% |
| 2023 | 924,145 | 7,664,993 | 0.51% | 1.4% |
| 2024 | 928,784 | 7,769,819 | 0.5% | 1.37% |
| 2025 | 933,141 | 7,873,043 | 0.47% | 1.33% |
| 2026 | 937,268 | 7,974,020 | 0.44% | 1.28% |
| 2027 | 941,304 | 8,072,924 | 0.43% | 1.24% |
| 2028 | 945,347 | 8,169,794 | 0.43% | 1.2% |
| 2029 | 949,269 | 8,264,394 | 0.41% | 1.16% |
| 2030 | 953,095 | 8,357,024 | 0.4% | 1.12% |
| 2031 | 956,685 | 8,447,769 | 0.38% | 1.09% |
| 2032 | 960,056 | 8,536,450 | 0.35% | 1.05% |
| 2033 | 963,339 | 8,622,824 | 0.34% | 1.01% |
| 2034 | 966,516 | 8,706,826 | 0.33% | 0.97% |
| 2035 | 969,613 | 8,788,759 | 0.32% | 0.94% |
| 2036 | 972,641 | 8,868,880 | 0.31% | 0.91% |
| 2037 | 975,643 | 8,947,241 | 0.31% | 0.88% |
| 2038 | 978,533 | 9,023,864 | 0.3% | 0.86% |
| 2039 | 981,270 | 9,097,889 | 0.28% | 0.82% |
| 2040 | 983,842 | 9,168,998 | 0.26% | 0.78% |
| 2041 | 986,409 | 9,238,108 | 0.26% | 0.75% |
| 2042 | 988,810 | 9,305,405 | 0.24% | 0.73% |
| 2043 | 990,851 | 9,370,049 | 0.21% | 0.69% |
| 2044 | 992,731 | 9,432,310 | 0.19% | 0.66% |
| 2045 | 994,437 | 9,492,501 | 0.17% | 0.64% |
| 2046 | 995,957 | 9,550,341 | 0.15% | 0.61% |
| 2047 | 997,319 | 9,605,804 | 0.14% | 0.58% |
| 2048 | 998,544 | 9,659,037 | 0.12% | 0.55% |
| 2049 | 999,530 | 9,709,614 | 0.1% | 0.52% |
| 2050 | 1,000,244 | 9,757,279 | 0.07% | 0.49% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Fiji increased by 36,199 people (a 4.1% growth), while Laos gained 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Fiji gained 17,878 (a 1.95% growth), while Laos' population increased by 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth).
Fiji was ranked 157th most populous country in 2005 and is 159th 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) Fiji's population will grow by 6.81% to 1,000,244 people with a rank change from 159th to 161st. 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 |
| Vientiane | 948K |
| Thakhek | 90.8K |
| Luang Prabang | 53.8K |
| Vang Vieng | 25K |
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Population differences between Fiji and Laos
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| Life expectancy | 67.6 years | 69.5 years |
| Average age | 31.1 years | 28.3 years |
| Median age | 28.9 years | 25.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 50.2:49.8 |
| Fertility rate | 2.28 births per woman | 2.42 births per woman |
| Population density | 131.7 ppl/mi² | 87.2 ppl/mi² |
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