The current population of Laos is 7,954,155 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 7,769,819 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Laos is projected to reach 10.2M people in 2068.
- For the last 20 years, Laos has had an average growth rate of 1.78% per year.
- Laos accounts for 0.1% of the world's population.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 5.87M people to 7.95M (35.5% growth in 20 years).
- Laos is ranked 103/197 by population and was ranked 103rd in 2005.
Laos population clock
Laos
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World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
7954155
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8266870341
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| Population rank | 103/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.1% | N/A |
| One net population change |
5.01 minutes
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0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
3.22 minutes
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0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
11 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +287 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +104,826 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.37% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 80/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
51.1 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -10,284 | N/A |
Laos population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2,121,514 | - |
| 1961 | 2,169,796 | 2.28% |
| 1962 | 2,219,910 | 2.31% |
| 1963 | 2,271,061 | 2.3% |
| 1964 | 2,322,826 | 2.28% |
| 1965 | 2,376,200 | 2.3% |
| 1966 | 2,431,084 | 2.31% |
| 1967 | 2,487,715 | 2.33% |
| 1968 | 2,546,377 | 2.36% |
| 1969 | 2,606,959 | 2.38% |
| 1970 | 2,669,702 | 2.41% |
| 1971 | 2,734,628 | 2.43% |
| 1972 | 2,801,660 | 2.45% |
| 1973 | 2,870,573 | 2.46% |
| 1974 | 2,939,761 | 2.41% |
| 1975 | 3,005,521 | 2.24% |
| 1976 | 3,064,876 | 1.97% |
| 1977 | 3,118,923 | 1.76% |
| 1978 | 3,171,740 | 1.69% |
| 1979 | 3,228,202 | 1.78% |
| 1980 | 3,292,573 | 1.99% |
| 1981 | 3,366,631 | 2.25% |
| 1982 | 3,450,026 | 2.48% |
| 1983 | 3,541,001 | 2.64% |
| 1984 | 3,637,843 | 2.73% |
| 1985 | 3,739,985 | 2.81% |
| 1986 | 3,846,715 | 2.85% |
| 1987 | 3,957,612 | 2.88% |
| 1988 | 4,072,601 | 2.91% |
| 1989 | 4,190,974 | 2.91% |
| 1990 | 4,311,955 | 2.89% |
| 1991 | 4,435,118 | 2.86% |
| 1992 | 4,559,646 | 2.81% |
| 1993 | 4,685,060 | 2.75% |
| 1994 | 4,809,220 | 2.65% |
| 1995 | 4,929,409 | 2.5% |
| 1996 | 5,045,678 | 2.36% |
| 1997 | 5,152,011 | 2.11% |
| 1998 | 5,248,266 | 1.87% |
| 1999 | 5,340,784 | 1.76% |
| 2000 | 5,431,212 | 1.69% |
| 2001 | 5,521,482 | 1.66% |
| 2002 | 5,610,889 | 1.62% |
| 2003 | 5,697,945 | 1.55% |
| 2004 | 5,781,626 | 1.47% |
| 2005 | 5,869,523 | 1.52% |
| 2006 | 5,963,200 | 1.6% |
| 2007 | 6,056,236 | 1.56% |
| 2008 | 6,148,969 | 1.53% |
| 2009 | 6,241,642 | 1.51% |
| 2010 | 6,334,194 | 1.48% |
| 2011 | 6,426,590 | 1.46% |
| 2012 | 6,518,978 | 1.44% |
| 2013 | 6,611,385 | 1.42% |
| 2014 | 6,703,172 | 1.39% |
| 2015 | 6,801,645 | 1.47% |
| 2016 | 6,908,802 | 1.58% |
| 2017 | 7,018,147 | 1.58% |
| 2018 | 7,128,045 | 1.57% |
| 2019 | 7,237,636 | 1.54% |
| 2020 | 7,346,533 | 1.5% |
| 2021 | 7,453,194 | 1.45% |
| 2022 | 7,559,007 | 1.42% |
| 2023 | 7,664,993 | 1.4% |
| 2024 | 7,769,819 | 1.37% |
| 2025 | 7,873,043 | 1.33% |
| 2026 | 7,974,020 | 1.28% |
| 2027 | 8,072,924 | 1.24% |
| 2028 | 8,169,794 | 1.2% |
| 2029 | 8,264,394 | 1.16% |
| 2030 | 8,357,024 | 1.12% |
| 2031 | 8,447,769 | 1.09% |
| 2032 | 8,536,450 | 1.05% |
| 2033 | 8,622,824 | 1.01% |
| 2034 | 8,706,826 | 0.97% |
| 2035 | 8,788,759 | 0.94% |
| 2036 | 8,868,880 | 0.91% |
| 2037 | 8,947,241 | 0.88% |
| 2038 | 9,023,864 | 0.86% |
| 2039 | 9,097,889 | 0.82% |
| 2040 | 9,168,998 | 0.78% |
| 2041 | 9,238,108 | 0.75% |
| 2042 | 9,305,405 | 0.73% |
| 2043 | 9,370,049 | 0.69% |
| 2044 | 9,432,310 | 0.66% |
| 2045 | 9,492,501 | 0.64% |
| 2046 | 9,550,341 | 0.61% |
| 2047 | 9,605,804 | 0.58% |
| 2048 | 9,659,037 | 0.55% |
| 2049 | 9,709,614 | 0.52% |
| 2050 | 9,757,279 | 0.49% |
Laos has a population of 7.95M as of 2025, compared to 6.8M in 2015, 5.87M in 2005, and 4.93M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 1.69% per year. Laos is ranked 82nd out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Laos will have 9,492,501 people (19.3% growth) with a rank change from 103rd to 100th.
By the year 2100, Laos' population is projected to grow by 16.4% to 9.26M people.
Largest cities by population
|
Laos
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Vientiane | 948K |
| Thakhek | 90.8K |
| Luang Prabang | 53.8K |
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Laos population statistics
|
Laos
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 69.5 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 28.3 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 25.6 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 2.42 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 87.2 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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