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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	Malawi	Laos	Malawi
1960	2,121,514	3,628,134	-	-
1961	2,169,796	3,715,534	2.28%	2.41%
1962	2,219,910	3,806,307	2.31%	2.44%
1963	2,271,061	3,900,506	2.3%	2.47%
1964	2,322,826	3,997,305	2.28%	2.48%
1965	2,376,200	4,096,157	2.3%	2.47%
1966	2,431,084	4,197,926	2.31%	2.48%
1967	2,487,715	4,303,012	2.33%	2.5%
1968	2,546,377	4,411,054	2.36%	2.51%
1969	2,606,959	4,521,184	2.38%	2.5%
1970	2,669,702	4,633,944	2.41%	2.49%
1971	2,734,628	4,751,434	2.43%	2.54%
1972	2,801,660	4,874,475	2.45%	2.59%
1973	2,870,573	5,003,938	2.46%	2.66%
1974	2,939,761	5,141,337	2.41%	2.75%
1975	3,005,521	5,287,367	2.24%	2.84%
1976	3,064,876	5,443,384	1.97%	2.95%
1977	3,118,923	5,614,983	1.76%	3.15%
1978	3,171,740	5,810,132	1.69%	3.48%
1979	3,228,202	6,028,749	1.78%	3.76%
1980	3,292,573	6,265,529	1.99%	3.93%
1981	3,366,631	6,516,454	2.25%	4%
1982	3,450,026	6,778,879	2.48%	4.03%
1983	3,541,001	7,051,709	2.64%	4.02%
1984	3,637,843	7,332,810	2.73%	3.99%
1985	3,739,985	7,620,508	2.81%	3.92%
1986	3,846,715	7,906,480	2.85%	3.75%
1987	3,957,612	8,293,174	2.88%	4.89%
1988	4,072,601	8,753,262	2.91%	5.55%
1989	4,190,974	9,176,220	2.91%	4.83%
1990	4,311,955	9,545,852	2.89%	4.03%
1991	4,435,118	9,844,227	2.86%	3.13%
1992	4,559,646	10,135,079	2.81%	2.95%
1993	4,685,060	10,284,024	2.75%	1.47%
1994	4,809,220	10,164,894	2.65%	-1.16%
1995	4,929,409	10,150,117	2.5%	-0.15%
1996	5,045,678	10,352,228	2.36%	1.99%
1997	5,152,011	10,562,035	2.11%	2.03%
1998	5,248,266	10,792,876	1.87%	2.19%
1999	5,340,784	11,047,804	1.76%	2.36%
2000	5,431,212	11,315,942	1.69%	2.43%
2001	5,521,482	11,593,058	1.66%	2.45%
2002	5,610,889	11,880,440	1.62%	2.48%
2003	5,697,945	12,181,574	1.55%	2.53%
2004	5,781,626	12,500,737	1.47%	2.62%
2005	5,869,523	12,840,031	1.52%	2.71%
2006	5,963,200	13,198,701	1.6%	2.79%
2007	6,056,236	13,576,343	1.56%	2.86%
2008	6,148,969	13,976,417	1.53%	2.95%
2009	6,241,642	14,395,788	1.51%	3%
2010	6,334,194	14,826,463	1.48%	2.99%
2011	6,426,590	15,265,022	1.46%	2.96%
2012	6,518,978	15,709,577	1.44%	2.91%
2013	6,611,385	16,161,816	1.42%	2.88%
2014	6,703,172	16,621,538	1.39%	2.84%
2015	6,801,645	17,085,587	1.47%	2.79%
2016	6,908,802	17,557,739	1.58%	2.76%
2017	7,018,147	18,039,715	1.58%	2.75%
2018	7,128,045	18,528,081	1.57%	2.71%
2019	7,237,636	19,025,752	1.54%	2.69%
2020	7,346,533	19,533,888	1.5%	2.67%
2021	7,453,194	20,047,258	1.45%	2.63%
2022	7,559,007	20,568,728	1.42%	2.6%
2023	7,664,993	21,104,482	1.4%	2.6%
2024	7,769,819	21,655,286	1.37%	2.61%
2025	7,873,043	22,216,113	1.33%	2.59%
2026	7,974,020	22,785,530	1.28%	2.56%
2027	8,072,924	23,366,187	1.24%	2.55%
2028	8,169,794	23,954,450	1.2%	2.52%
2029	8,264,394	24,553,499	1.16%	2.5%
2030	8,357,024	25,160,293	1.12%	2.47%
2031	8,447,769	25,763,534	1.09%	2.4%
2032	8,536,450	26,366,760	1.05%	2.34%
2033	8,622,824	26,978,417	1.01%	2.32%
2034	8,706,826	27,595,295	0.97%	2.29%
2035	8,788,759	28,213,784	0.94%	2.24%
2036	8,868,880	28,835,595	0.91%	2.2%
2037	8,947,241	29,462,509	0.88%	2.17%
2038	9,023,864	30,081,741	0.86%	2.1%
2039	9,097,889	30,691,578	0.82%	2.03%
2040	9,168,998	31,302,092	0.78%	1.99%
2041	9,238,108	31,911,242	0.75%	1.95%
2042	9,305,405	32,517,509	0.73%	1.9%
2043	9,370,049	33,122,481	0.69%	1.86%
2044	9,432,310	33,736,523	0.66%	1.85%
2045	9,492,501	34,350,947	0.64%	1.82%
2046	9,550,341	34,959,606	0.61%	1.77%
2047	9,605,804	35,567,989	0.58%	1.74%
2048	9,659,037	36,165,757	0.55%	1.68%
2049	9,709,614	36,760,998	0.52%	1.65%
2050	9,757,279	37,361,672	0.49%	1.63%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Laos increased by 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth), while Malawi gained 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Laos gained 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth), while Malawi's population increased by 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth).

Laos was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2005 and is still 103rd in 2025. Malawi was ranked 69th in 2005 and ranked 61st 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 Malawi will increase by 64.8% to 37,361,672 people and rank change from 61st to 55th.