The latest officially reported population of Jordan was 11,552,876 in 2024 vs 7,769,819 people in Laos in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Jordan's population is 11,575,983 people compared to 7,954,155 in Laos.
Population statistics:
- Jordan's population is 1.46 times bigger than Laos'.
- Jordan is ranked the 85th most populous country in the world, while Laos is the 103rd.
- The countries together account for 0.24% of the world: 0.14% for Jordan vs 0.1% for Laos.
- For the last 10 years, Jordan has had an average growth rate of +3.45% per year vs +1.48% in Laos.
- Since 2005, the population of Jordan has increased from 6.03M people to 11.6M (92% growth), while Laos has grown from 5.87M to 7.95M (35.5% growth).
- Jordan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 21.3M people compared to the peak of 10.2M people in 2068 for Laos.
Jordan vs Laos: live population counter
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| Current population |
11575983
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7954155
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| Population rank | 85/197 | 103/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.14% | 0.1% |
| One net population change |
4.62 minutes
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5.01 minutes
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| One birth every |
2.23 minutes
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3.22 minutes
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| One death every |
15.1 minutes
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11 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.36 minutes
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51.1 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -156,369 | -10,284 |
| Daily growth/decline | +311 | +287 |
| Annual growth/decline | +113,663 | +104,826 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.99% | +1.37% |
| Population growth rate rank | 103/197 | 80/197 |
Jordan and Laos: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 853,471 | 2,121,514 | - | - |
| 1961 | 897,591 | 2,169,796 | 5.17% | 2.28% |
| 1962 | 940,554 | 2,219,910 | 4.79% | 2.31% |
| 1963 | 984,714 | 2,271,061 | 4.7% | 2.3% |
| 1964 | 1,035,640 | 2,322,826 | 5.17% | 2.28% |
| 1965 | 1,099,440 | 2,376,200 | 6.16% | 2.3% |
| 1966 | 1,178,360 | 2,431,084 | 7.18% | 2.31% |
| 1967 | 1,271,183 | 2,487,715 | 7.88% | 2.33% |
| 1968 | 1,372,460 | 2,546,377 | 7.97% | 2.36% |
| 1969 | 1,473,100 | 2,606,959 | 7.33% | 2.38% |
| 1970 | 1,565,163 | 2,669,702 | 6.25% | 2.41% |
| 1971 | 1,645,145 | 2,734,628 | 5.11% | 2.43% |
| 1972 | 1,714,555 | 2,801,660 | 4.22% | 2.45% |
| 1973 | 1,778,094 | 2,870,573 | 3.71% | 2.46% |
| 1974 | 1,839,182 | 2,939,761 | 3.44% | 2.41% |
| 1975 | 1,899,055 | 3,005,521 | 3.26% | 2.24% |
| 1976 | 1,958,177 | 3,064,876 | 3.11% | 1.97% |
| 1977 | 2,019,002 | 3,118,923 | 3.11% | 1.76% |
| 1978 | 2,083,595 | 3,171,740 | 3.2% | 1.69% |
| 1979 | 2,153,882 | 3,228,202 | 3.37% | 1.78% |
| 1980 | 2,234,186 | 3,292,573 | 3.73% | 1.99% |
| 1981 | 2,325,517 | 3,366,631 | 4.09% | 2.25% |
| 1982 | 2,426,927 | 3,450,026 | 4.36% | 2.48% |
| 1983 | 2,537,307 | 3,541,001 | 4.55% | 2.64% |
| 1984 | 2,654,688 | 3,637,843 | 4.63% | 2.73% |
| 1985 | 2,778,810 | 3,739,985 | 4.68% | 2.81% |
| 1986 | 2,909,887 | 3,846,715 | 4.72% | 2.85% |
| 1987 | 3,047,634 | 3,957,612 | 4.73% | 2.88% |
| 1988 | 3,193,039 | 4,072,601 | 4.77% | 2.91% |
| 1989 | 3,349,627 | 4,190,974 | 4.9% | 2.91% |
| 1990 | 3,621,908 | 4,311,955 | 8.13% | 2.89% |
| 1991 | 3,915,149 | 4,435,118 | 8.1% | 2.86% |
| 1992 | 4,127,693 | 4,559,646 | 5.43% | 2.81% |
| 1993 | 4,348,020 | 4,685,060 | 5.34% | 2.75% |
| 1994 | 4,561,406 | 4,809,220 | 4.91% | 2.65% |
| 1995 | 4,752,096 | 4,929,409 | 4.18% | 2.5% |
| 1996 | 4,912,516 | 5,045,678 | 3.38% | 2.36% |
| 1997 | 5,046,285 | 5,152,011 | 2.72% | 2.11% |
| 1998 | 5,164,284 | 5,248,266 | 2.34% | 1.87% |
| 1999 | 5,276,444 | 5,340,784 | 2.17% | 1.76% |
| 2000 | 5,386,945 | 5,431,212 | 2.09% | 1.69% |
| 2001 | 5,498,894 | 5,521,482 | 2.08% | 1.66% |
| 2002 | 5,616,066 | 5,610,889 | 2.13% | 1.62% |
| 2003 | 5,741,828 | 5,697,945 | 2.24% | 1.55% |
| 2004 | 5,882,061 | 5,781,626 | 2.44% | 1.47% |
| 2005 | 6,029,587 | 5,869,523 | 2.51% | 1.52% |
| 2006 | 6,427,371 | 5,963,200 | 6.6% | 1.6% |
| 2007 | 6,827,227 | 6,056,236 | 6.22% | 1.56% |
| 2008 | 6,989,866 | 6,148,969 | 2.38% | 1.53% |
| 2009 | 7,141,753 | 6,241,642 | 2.17% | 1.51% |
| 2010 | 7,297,043 | 6,334,194 | 2.17% | 1.48% |
| 2011 | 7,480,424 | 6,426,590 | 2.51% | 1.46% |
| 2012 | 7,587,127 | 6,518,978 | 1.43% | 1.44% |
| 2013 | 7,991,809 | 6,611,385 | 5.33% | 1.42% |
| 2014 | 8,791,710 | 6,703,172 | 10% | 1.39% |
| 2015 | 9,544,729 | 6,801,645 | 8.57% | 1.47% |
| 2016 | 10,006,367 | 6,908,802 | 4.84% | 1.58% |
| 2017 | 10,234,226 | 7,018,147 | 2.28% | 1.58% |
| 2018 | 10,462,306 | 7,128,045 | 2.23% | 1.57% |
| 2019 | 10,671,891 | 7,237,636 | 2% | 1.54% |
| 2020 | 10,865,228 | 7,346,533 | 1.81% | 1.5% |
| 2021 | 11,066,356 | 7,453,194 | 1.85% | 1.45% |
| 2022 | 11,256,263 | 7,559,007 | 1.72% | 1.42% |
| 2023 | 11,439,213 | 7,664,993 | 1.63% | 1.4% |
| 2024 | 11,552,876 | 7,769,819 | 0.99% | 1.37% |
| 2025 | 11,520,678 | 7,873,043 | -0.28% | 1.33% |
| 2026 | 11,589,528 | 7,974,020 | 0.6% | 1.28% |
| 2027 | 11,819,454 | 8,072,924 | 1.98% | 1.24% |
| 2028 | 12,034,459 | 8,169,794 | 1.82% | 1.2% |
| 2029 | 12,245,726 | 8,264,394 | 1.76% | 1.16% |
| 2030 | 12,448,772 | 8,357,024 | 1.66% | 1.12% |
| 2031 | 12,652,545 | 8,447,769 | 1.64% | 1.09% |
| 2032 | 12,854,926 | 8,536,450 | 1.6% | 1.05% |
| 2033 | 13,050,713 | 8,622,824 | 1.52% | 1.01% |
| 2034 | 13,245,158 | 8,706,826 | 1.49% | 0.97% |
| 2035 | 13,440,821 | 8,788,759 | 1.48% | 0.94% |
| 2036 | 13,638,248 | 8,868,880 | 1.47% | 0.91% |
| 2037 | 13,840,237 | 8,947,241 | 1.48% | 0.88% |
| 2038 | 14,048,303 | 9,023,864 | 1.5% | 0.86% |
| 2039 | 14,256,684 | 9,097,889 | 1.48% | 0.82% |
| 2040 | 14,471,288 | 9,168,998 | 1.51% | 0.78% |
| 2041 | 14,684,501 | 9,238,108 | 1.47% | 0.75% |
| 2042 | 14,883,641 | 9,305,405 | 1.36% | 0.73% |
| 2043 | 15,077,789 | 9,370,049 | 1.3% | 0.69% |
| 2044 | 15,273,526 | 9,432,310 | 1.3% | 0.66% |
| 2045 | 15,471,971 | 9,492,501 | 1.3% | 0.64% |
| 2046 | 15,662,312 | 9,550,341 | 1.23% | 0.61% |
| 2047 | 15,841,619 | 9,605,804 | 1.14% | 0.58% |
| 2048 | 16,021,374 | 9,659,037 | 1.13% | 0.55% |
| 2049 | 16,197,518 | 9,709,614 | 1.1% | 0.52% |
| 2050 | 16,367,341 | 9,757,279 | 1.05% | 0.49% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jordan increased by 3,515,142 people (a 58.3% growth), while Laos gained 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jordan gained 2,031,254 (a 21.3% growth), while Laos' population increased by 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth).
Jordan was ranked 101st most populous country in 2005 and is 85th 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) Jordan's population will grow by 41.4% to 16,367,341 people with a rank change from 85th to 79th. The population of Laos will increase by 22.7% to 9,757,279 people and rank change from 103rd to 99th.
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Population differences between Jordan and Laos
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| Life expectancy | 78.1 years | 69.5 years |
| Average age | 28.4 years | 28.3 years |
| Median age | 25.5 years | 25.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51.6:48.4 | 50.2:49.8 |
| Fertility rate | 2.64 births per woman | 2.42 births per woman |
| Population density | 337 ppl/mi² | 87.2 ppl/mi² |
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