Population in Guinea-Bissau compared to Laos: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Guinea-Bissau and Laos: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guinea-Bissau	Laos	Guinea-Bissau	Laos
1960	577,633	2,121,514	-	-
1961	582,532	2,169,796	0.85%	2.28%
1962	589,474	2,219,910	1.19%	2.31%
1963	594,418	2,271,061	0.84%	2.3%
1964	588,543	2,322,826	-0.99%	2.28%
1965	575,005	2,376,200	-2.3%	2.3%
1966	566,908	2,431,084	-1.41%	2.31%
1967	569,011	2,487,715	0.37%	2.33%
1968	578,170	2,546,377	1.61%	2.36%
1969	581,610	2,606,959	0.59%	2.38%
1970	584,403	2,669,702	0.48%	2.41%
1971	586,221	2,734,628	0.31%	2.43%
1972	586,620	2,801,660	0.07%	2.45%
1973	592,808	2,870,573	1.05%	2.46%
1974	613,338	2,939,761	3.46%	2.41%
1975	650,966	3,005,521	6.13%	2.24%
1976	694,191	3,064,876	6.64%	1.97%
1977	741,789	3,118,923	6.86%	1.76%
1978	791,694	3,171,740	6.73%	1.69%
1979	819,867	3,228,202	3.56%	1.78%
1980	829,303	3,292,573	1.15%	1.99%
1981	842,432	3,366,631	1.58%	2.25%
1982	855,891	3,450,026	1.6%	2.48%
1983	869,592	3,541,001	1.6%	2.64%
1984	883,519	3,637,843	1.6%	2.73%
1985	897,697	3,739,985	1.6%	2.81%
1986	912,126	3,846,715	1.61%	2.85%
1987	926,862	3,957,612	1.62%	2.88%
1988	942,061	4,072,601	1.64%	2.91%
1989	957,789	4,190,974	1.67%	2.91%
1990	973,669	4,311,955	1.66%	2.89%
1991	994,639	4,435,118	2.15%	2.86%
1992	1,024,356	4,559,646	2.99%	2.81%
1993	1,058,745	4,685,060	3.36%	2.75%
1994	1,092,031	4,809,220	3.14%	2.65%
1995	1,119,949	4,929,409	2.56%	2.5%
1996	1,143,535	5,045,678	2.11%	2.36%
1997	1,165,545	5,152,011	1.92%	2.11%
1998	1,187,473	5,248,266	1.88%	1.87%
1999	1,210,206	5,340,784	1.91%	1.76%
2000	1,234,741	5,431,212	2.03%	1.69%
2001	1,261,273	5,521,482	2.15%	1.66%
2002	1,289,307	5,610,889	2.22%	1.62%
2003	1,318,806	5,697,945	2.29%	1.55%
2004	1,349,563	5,781,626	2.33%	1.47%
2005	1,381,585	5,869,523	2.37%	1.52%
2006	1,415,303	5,963,200	2.44%	1.6%
2007	1,450,986	6,056,236	2.52%	1.56%
2008	1,488,054	6,148,969	2.55%	1.53%
2009	1,526,377	6,241,642	2.58%	1.51%
2010	1,566,347	6,334,194	2.62%	1.48%
2011	1,608,076	6,426,590	2.66%	1.46%
2012	1,651,417	6,518,978	2.7%	1.44%
2013	1,695,973	6,611,385	2.7%	1.42%
2014	1,741,122	6,703,172	2.66%	1.39%
2015	1,786,457	6,801,645	2.6%	1.47%
2016	1,831,893	6,908,802	2.54%	1.58%
2017	1,877,072	7,018,147	2.47%	1.58%
2018	1,922,168	7,128,045	2.4%	1.57%
2019	1,967,696	7,237,636	2.37%	1.54%
2020	2,013,255	7,346,533	2.32%	1.5%
2021	2,058,841	7,453,194	2.26%	1.45%
2022	2,105,529	7,559,007	2.27%	1.42%
2023	2,153,339	7,664,993	2.27%	1.4%
2024	2,201,352	7,769,819	2.23%	1.37%
2025	2,249,512	7,873,043	2.19%	1.33%
2026	2,297,807	7,974,020	2.15%	1.28%
2027	2,346,190	8,072,924	2.11%	1.24%
2028	2,394,226	8,169,794	2.05%	1.2%
2029	2,441,574	8,264,394	1.98%	1.16%
2030	2,488,931	8,357,024	1.94%	1.12%
2031	2,536,893	8,447,769	1.93%	1.09%
2032	2,585,565	8,536,450	1.92%	1.05%
2033	2,634,701	8,622,824	1.9%	1.01%
2034	2,683,078	8,706,826	1.84%	0.97%
2035	2,730,136	8,788,759	1.75%	0.94%
2036	2,777,887	8,868,880	1.75%	0.91%
2037	2,826,159	8,947,241	1.74%	0.88%
2038	2,873,929	9,023,864	1.69%	0.86%
2039	2,921,973	9,097,889	1.67%	0.82%
2040	2,969,699	9,168,998	1.63%	0.78%
2041	3,016,537	9,238,108	1.58%	0.75%
2042	3,063,161	9,305,405	1.55%	0.73%
2043	3,109,927	9,370,049	1.53%	0.69%
2044	3,156,704	9,432,310	1.5%	0.66%
2045	3,204,242	9,492,501	1.51%	0.64%
2046	3,251,465	9,550,341	1.47%	0.61%
2047	3,298,563	9,605,804	1.45%	0.58%
2048	3,345,853	9,659,037	1.43%	0.55%
2049	3,392,557	9,709,614	1.4%	0.52%
2050	3,438,597	9,757,279	1.36%	0.49%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 416,590 people (a 29.4% growth), while Laos gained 945,602 people (a 15.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Guinea-Bissau gained 466,442 (a 25.5% growth), while Laos' population increased by 1,066,298 (a 15.4% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2006 and is 146th in 2026. Laos was ranked 105th in 2006 and ranked 103rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Guinea-Bissau's population will grow by 49.6% to 3,438,597 people with a rank change from 146th to 136th. The population of Laos will increase by 22.3% to 9,757,279 people and rank change from 103rd to 99th.