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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	Latvia	Laos	Latvia
1960	2,121,514	2,120,979	-	-
1961	2,169,796	2,152,681	2.28%	1.49%
1962	2,219,910	2,181,586	2.31%	1.34%
1963	2,271,061	2,210,919	2.3%	1.34%
1964	2,322,826	2,240,623	2.28%	1.34%
1965	2,376,200	2,265,919	2.3%	1.13%
1966	2,431,084	2,283,217	2.31%	0.76%
1967	2,487,715	2,301,220	2.33%	0.79%
1968	2,546,377	2,323,619	2.36%	0.97%
1969	2,606,959	2,343,173	2.38%	0.84%
1970	2,669,702	2,359,164	2.41%	0.68%
1971	2,734,628	2,376,389	2.43%	0.73%
1972	2,801,660	2,395,674	2.45%	0.81%
1973	2,870,573	2,415,819	2.46%	0.84%
1974	2,939,761	2,437,186	2.41%	0.88%
1975	3,005,521	2,456,130	2.24%	0.78%
1976	3,064,876	2,470,989	1.97%	0.6%
1977	3,118,923	2,485,073	1.76%	0.57%
1978	3,171,740	2,497,921	1.69%	0.52%
1979	3,228,202	2,505,953	1.78%	0.32%
1980	3,292,573	2,511,701	1.99%	0.23%
1981	3,366,631	2,519,421	2.25%	0.31%
1982	3,450,026	2,531,080	2.48%	0.46%
1983	3,541,001	2,546,011	2.64%	0.59%
1984	3,637,843	2,562,047	2.73%	0.63%
1985	3,739,985	2,578,873	2.81%	0.66%
1986	3,846,715	2,599,892	2.85%	0.82%
1987	3,957,612	2,626,583	2.88%	1.03%
1988	4,072,601	2,653,434	2.91%	1.02%
1989	4,190,974	2,666,955	2.91%	0.51%
1990	4,311,955	2,663,151	2.89%	-0.14%
1991	4,435,118	2,650,581	2.86%	-0.47%
1992	4,559,646	2,614,338	2.81%	-1.37%
1993	4,685,060	2,563,290	2.75%	-1.95%
1994	4,809,220	2,520,742	2.65%	-1.66%
1995	4,929,409	2,485,056	2.5%	-1.42%
1996	5,045,678	2,457,222	2.36%	-1.12%
1997	5,152,011	2,432,851	2.11%	-0.99%
1998	5,248,266	2,410,019	1.87%	-0.94%
1999	5,340,784	2,390,482	1.76%	-0.81%
2000	5,431,212	2,367,550	1.69%	-0.96%
2001	5,521,482	2,337,170	1.66%	-1.28%
2002	5,610,889	2,310,173	1.62%	-1.16%
2003	5,697,945	2,287,955	1.55%	-0.96%
2004	5,781,626	2,263,122	1.47%	-1.09%
2005	5,869,523	2,238,799	1.52%	-1.07%
2006	5,963,200	2,218,357	1.6%	-0.91%
2007	6,056,236	2,200,325	1.56%	-0.81%
2008	6,148,969	2,177,322	1.53%	-1.05%
2009	6,241,642	2,141,669	1.51%	-1.64%
2010	6,334,194	2,097,555	1.48%	-2.06%
2011	6,426,590	2,059,709	1.46%	-1.8%
2012	6,518,978	2,034,319	1.44%	-1.23%
2013	6,611,385	2,012,647	1.42%	-1.07%
2014	6,703,172	1,993,782	1.39%	-0.94%
2015	6,801,645	1,977,527	1.47%	-0.82%
2016	6,908,802	1,959,537	1.58%	-0.91%
2017	7,018,147	1,942,248	1.58%	-0.88%
2018	7,128,045	1,927,174	1.57%	-0.78%
2019	7,237,636	1,913,822	1.54%	-0.69%
2020	7,346,533	1,900,449	1.5%	-0.7%
2021	7,453,194	1,884,490	1.45%	-0.84%
2022	7,559,007	1,879,383	1.42%	-0.27%
2023	7,664,993	1,877,445	1.4%	-0.1%
2024	7,769,819	1,862,441	1.37%	-0.8%
2025	7,873,043	1,844,219	1.33%	-0.98%
2026	7,974,020	1,826,681	1.28%	-0.95%
2027	8,072,924	1,812,384	1.24%	-0.78%
2028	8,169,794	1,797,965	1.2%	-0.8%
2029	8,264,394	1,783,455	1.16%	-0.81%
2030	8,357,024	1,768,667	1.12%	-0.83%
2031	8,447,769	1,753,985	1.09%	-0.83%
2032	8,536,450	1,739,582	1.05%	-0.82%
2033	8,622,824	1,725,261	1.01%	-0.82%
2034	8,706,826	1,711,332	0.97%	-0.81%
2035	8,788,759	1,697,827	0.94%	-0.79%
2036	8,868,880	1,684,492	0.91%	-0.79%
2037	8,947,241	1,671,323	0.88%	-0.78%
2038	9,023,864	1,658,336	0.86%	-0.78%
2039	9,097,889	1,645,282	0.82%	-0.79%
2040	9,168,998	1,632,376	0.78%	-0.78%
2041	9,238,108	1,619,616	0.75%	-0.78%
2042	9,305,405	1,607,019	0.73%	-0.78%
2043	9,370,049	1,594,558	0.69%	-0.78%
2044	9,432,310	1,582,077	0.66%	-0.78%
2045	9,492,501	1,569,454	0.64%	-0.8%
2046	9,550,341	1,556,840	0.61%	-0.8%
2047	9,605,804	1,544,315	0.58%	-0.8%
2048	9,659,037	1,531,684	0.55%	-0.82%
2049	9,709,614	1,518,941	0.52%	-0.83%
2050	9,757,279	1,506,179	0.49%	-0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Laos increased by 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth), while Latvia lost 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Laos gained 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth), while Latvia's population decreased by -133,308 (a 6.74% decline).

Laos was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2005 and is still 103rd in 2025. Latvia was ranked 139th in 2005 and ranked 149th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Laos' population will grow by 22.7% to 9,757,279 people with a rank change from 103rd to 99th. The population of Latvia will decrease by 18.3% to 1,506,179 people and rank change from 149th to 153rd.