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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	Lesotho	Laos	Lesotho
1960	2,121,514	736,500	-	-
1961	2,169,796	758,824	2.28%	3.03%
1962	2,219,910	781,814	2.31%	3.03%
1963	2,271,061	805,373	2.3%	3.01%
1964	2,322,826	829,437	2.28%	2.99%
1965	2,376,200	854,090	2.3%	2.97%
1966	2,431,084	881,870	2.31%	3.25%
1967	2,487,715	913,982	2.33%	3.64%
1968	2,546,377	948,105	2.36%	3.73%
1969	2,606,959	983,202	2.38%	3.7%
1970	2,669,702	1,019,273	2.41%	3.67%
1971	2,734,628	1,056,246	2.43%	3.63%
1972	2,801,660	1,094,063	2.45%	3.58%
1973	2,870,573	1,132,697	2.46%	3.53%
1974	2,939,761	1,172,420	2.41%	3.51%
1975	3,005,521	1,213,643	2.24%	3.52%
1976	3,064,876	1,253,214	1.97%	3.26%
1977	3,118,923	1,289,967	1.76%	2.93%
1978	3,171,740	1,327,240	1.69%	2.89%
1979	3,228,202	1,366,169	1.78%	2.93%
1980	3,292,573	1,406,521	1.99%	2.95%
1981	3,366,631	1,448,069	2.25%	2.95%
1982	3,450,026	1,490,732	2.48%	2.95%
1983	3,541,001	1,534,413	2.64%	2.93%
1984	3,637,843	1,578,986	2.73%	2.9%
1985	3,739,985	1,624,379	2.81%	2.87%
1986	3,846,715	1,666,138	2.85%	2.57%
1987	3,957,612	1,703,390	2.88%	2.24%
1988	4,072,601	1,739,841	2.91%	2.14%
1989	4,190,974	1,775,436	2.91%	2.05%
1990	4,311,955	1,809,696	2.89%	1.93%
1991	4,435,118	1,842,379	2.86%	1.81%
1992	4,559,646	1,873,274	2.81%	1.68%
1993	4,685,060	1,901,793	2.75%	1.52%
1994	4,809,220	1,927,707	2.65%	1.36%
1995	4,929,409	1,951,437	2.5%	1.23%
1996	5,045,678	1,972,418	2.36%	1.08%
1997	5,152,011	1,988,130	2.11%	0.8%
1998	5,248,266	1,998,049	1.87%	0.5%
1999	5,340,784	2,003,234	1.76%	0.26%
2000	5,431,212	2,003,913	1.69%	0.03%
2001	5,521,482	2,000,853	1.66%	-0.15%
2002	5,610,889	1,994,679	1.62%	-0.31%
2003	5,697,945	1,985,059	1.55%	-0.48%
2004	5,781,626	1,971,129	1.47%	-0.7%
2005	5,869,523	1,953,076	1.52%	-0.92%
2006	5,963,200	1,945,063	1.6%	-0.41%
2007	6,056,236	1,953,268	1.56%	0.42%
2008	6,148,969	1,966,541	1.53%	0.68%
2009	6,241,642	1,980,883	1.51%	0.73%
2010	6,334,194	1,996,251	1.48%	0.78%
2011	6,426,590	2,014,009	1.46%	0.89%
2012	6,518,978	2,034,354	1.44%	1.01%
2013	6,611,385	2,056,504	1.42%	1.09%
2014	6,703,172	2,080,089	1.39%	1.15%
2015	6,801,645	2,104,611	1.47%	1.18%
2016	6,908,802	2,130,422	1.58%	1.23%
2017	7,018,147	2,157,110	1.58%	1.25%
2018	7,128,045	2,183,603	1.57%	1.23%
2019	7,237,636	2,209,405	1.54%	1.18%
2020	7,346,533	2,235,727	1.5%	1.19%
2021	7,453,194	2,261,542	1.45%	1.15%
2022	7,559,007	2,286,110	1.42%	1.09%
2023	7,664,993	2,311,472	1.4%	1.11%
2024	7,769,819	2,337,423	1.37%	1.12%
2025	7,873,043	2,363,324	1.33%	1.11%
2026	7,974,020	2,389,334	1.28%	1.1%
2027	8,072,924	2,415,365	1.24%	1.09%
2028	8,169,794	2,441,435	1.2%	1.08%
2029	8,264,394	2,467,677	1.16%	1.07%
2030	8,357,024	2,493,816	1.12%	1.06%
2031	8,447,769	2,520,014	1.09%	1.05%
2032	8,536,450	2,546,489	1.05%	1.05%
2033	8,622,824	2,573,106	1.01%	1.05%
2034	8,706,826	2,599,777	0.97%	1.04%
2035	8,788,759	2,626,560	0.94%	1.03%
2036	8,868,880	2,653,503	0.91%	1.03%
2037	8,947,241	2,680,081	0.88%	1%
2038	9,023,864	2,706,197	0.86%	0.97%
2039	9,097,889	2,732,138	0.82%	0.96%
2040	9,168,998	2,757,868	0.78%	0.94%
2041	9,238,108	2,783,361	0.75%	0.92%
2042	9,305,405	2,808,538	0.73%	0.9%
2043	9,370,049	2,833,257	0.69%	0.88%
2044	9,432,310	2,857,499	0.66%	0.86%
2045	9,492,501	2,881,333	0.64%	0.83%
2046	9,550,341	2,904,780	0.61%	0.81%
2047	9,605,804	2,927,859	0.58%	0.79%
2048	9,659,037	2,950,411	0.55%	0.77%
2049	9,709,614	2,972,156	0.52%	0.74%
2050	9,757,279	2,993,080	0.49%	0.7%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Laos increased by 945,602 people (a 15.9% growth), while Lesotho gained 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Laos gained 1,066,298 (a 15.4% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 259,196 (a 12.2% growth).

Laos was ranked 105th most populous country in 2006 and is 103rd in 2026. Lesotho was ranked 144th in 2006 and ranked 143rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Laos' population will grow by 22.3% to 9,757,279 people with a rank change from 103rd to 99th. The population of Lesotho will increase by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 143rd to 141st.