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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	Lebanon	Laos	Lebanon
1960	2,121,514	1,794,406	-	-
1961	2,169,796	1,850,084	2.28%	3.1%
1962	2,219,910	1,909,578	2.31%	3.22%
1963	2,271,061	1,970,316	2.3%	3.18%
1964	2,322,826	2,030,543	2.28%	3.06%
1965	2,376,200	2,088,831	2.3%	2.87%
1966	2,431,084	2,148,260	2.31%	2.85%
1967	2,487,715	2,206,731	2.33%	2.72%
1968	2,546,377	2,266,368	2.36%	2.7%
1969	2,606,959	2,328,159	2.38%	2.73%
1970	2,669,702	2,386,114	2.41%	2.49%
1971	2,734,628	2,446,314	2.43%	2.52%
1972	2,801,660	2,509,729	2.45%	2.59%
1973	2,870,573	2,572,935	2.46%	2.52%
1974	2,939,761	2,635,185	2.41%	2.42%
1975	3,005,521	2,693,191	2.24%	2.2%
1976	3,064,876	2,726,469	1.97%	1.24%
1977	3,118,923	2,762,155	1.76%	1.31%
1978	3,171,740	2,822,682	1.69%	2.19%
1979	3,228,202	2,882,635	1.78%	2.12%
1980	3,292,573	2,944,763	1.99%	2.16%
1981	3,366,631	3,008,981	2.25%	2.18%
1982	3,450,026	3,054,931	2.48%	1.53%
1983	3,541,001	3,094,996	2.64%	1.31%
1984	3,637,843	3,152,744	2.73%	1.87%
1985	3,739,985	3,217,376	2.81%	2.05%
1986	3,846,715	3,300,365	2.85%	2.58%
1987	3,957,612	3,385,555	2.88%	2.58%
1988	4,072,601	3,454,649	2.91%	2.04%
1989	4,190,974	3,525,285	2.91%	2.04%
1990	4,311,955	3,595,175	2.89%	1.98%
1991	4,435,118	3,668,912	2.86%	2.05%
1992	4,559,646	3,747,371	2.81%	2.14%
1993	4,685,060	3,820,647	2.75%	1.96%
1994	4,809,220	3,889,799	2.65%	1.81%
1995	4,929,409	3,960,735	2.5%	1.82%
1996	5,045,678	4,034,781	2.36%	1.87%
1997	5,152,011	4,108,405	2.11%	1.82%
1998	5,248,266	4,181,281	1.87%	1.77%
1999	5,340,784	4,255,277	1.76%	1.77%
2000	5,431,212	4,329,340	1.69%	1.74%
2001	5,521,482	4,401,918	1.66%	1.68%
2002	5,610,889	4,463,504	1.62%	1.4%
2003	5,697,945	4,525,508	1.55%	1.39%
2004	5,781,626	4,599,279	1.47%	1.63%
2005	5,869,523	4,671,102	1.52%	1.56%
2006	5,963,200	4,751,136	1.6%	1.71%
2007	6,056,236	4,844,118	1.56%	1.96%
2008	6,148,969	4,925,354	1.53%	1.68%
2009	6,241,642	4,992,287	1.51%	1.36%
2010	6,334,194	5,041,288	1.48%	0.98%
2011	6,426,590	5,096,020	1.46%	1.09%
2012	6,518,978	5,235,742	1.44%	2.74%
2013	6,611,385	5,743,436	1.42%	9.7%
2014	6,703,172	6,346,990	1.39%	10.5%
2015	6,801,645	6,472,469	1.47%	1.98%
2016	6,908,802	6,323,060	1.58%	-2.31%
2017	7,018,147	6,160,128	1.58%	-2.58%
2018	7,128,045	5,984,119	1.57%	-2.86%
2019	7,237,636	5,794,594	1.54%	-3.17%
2020	7,346,533	5,702,398	1.5%	-1.59%
2021	7,453,194	5,718,122	1.45%	0.28%
2022	7,559,007	5,744,489	1.42%	0.46%
2023	7,664,993	5,773,493	1.4%	0.5%
2024	7,769,819	5,805,962	1.37%	0.56%
2025	7,873,043	5,849,420	1.33%	0.75%
2026	7,974,020	5,897,459	1.28%	0.82%
2027	8,072,924	5,947,070	1.24%	0.84%
2028	8,169,794	5,997,844	1.2%	0.85%
2029	8,264,394	6,050,384	1.16%	0.88%
2030	8,357,024	6,103,809	1.12%	0.88%
2031	8,447,769	6,158,003	1.09%	0.89%
2032	8,536,450	6,210,753	1.05%	0.86%
2033	8,622,824	6,259,744	1.01%	0.79%
2034	8,706,826	6,308,826	0.97%	0.78%
2035	8,788,759	6,357,723	0.94%	0.78%
2036	8,868,880	6,407,678	0.91%	0.79%
2037	8,947,241	6,461,872	0.88%	0.85%
2038	9,023,864	6,516,253	0.86%	0.84%
2039	9,097,889	6,569,272	0.82%	0.81%
2040	9,168,998	6,620,323	0.78%	0.78%
2041	9,238,108	6,669,091	0.75%	0.74%
2042	9,305,405	6,714,435	0.73%	0.68%
2043	9,370,049	6,754,071	0.69%	0.59%
2044	9,432,310	6,794,014	0.66%	0.59%
2045	9,492,501	6,834,985	0.64%	0.6%
2046	9,550,341	6,871,777	0.61%	0.54%
2047	9,605,804	6,909,022	0.58%	0.54%
2048	9,659,037	6,944,194	0.55%	0.51%
2049	9,709,614	6,972,877	0.52%	0.41%
2050	9,757,279	6,999,259	0.49%	0.38%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Laos increased by 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth), while Lebanon gained 1,801,367 people (a 38.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Laos gained 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth), while Lebanon's population decreased by -584,461 (a 9.03% decline).

Laos was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2005 and is still 103rd in 2025. Lebanon was ranked 114th in 2005 and ranked 115th 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 Lebanon will increase by 18.9% to 6,999,259 people and will still be ranked 115th.