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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	Malaysia	Laos	Malaysia
1960	2,121,514	7,956,197	-	-
1961	2,169,796	8,164,443	2.28%	2.62%
1962	2,219,910	8,380,172	2.31%	2.64%
1963	2,271,061	8,602,160	2.3%	2.65%
1964	2,322,826	8,828,406	2.28%	2.63%
1965	2,376,200	9,056,408	2.3%	2.58%
1966	2,431,084	9,284,688	2.31%	2.52%
1967	2,487,715	9,507,099	2.33%	2.4%
1968	2,546,377	9,725,281	2.36%	2.29%
1969	2,606,959	9,947,597	2.38%	2.29%
1970	2,669,702	10,178,802	2.41%	2.32%
1971	2,734,628	10,423,453	2.43%	2.4%
1972	2,801,660	10,676,835	2.45%	2.43%
1973	2,870,573	10,935,621	2.46%	2.42%
1974	2,939,761	11,200,906	2.41%	2.43%
1975	3,005,521	11,471,914	2.24%	2.42%
1976	3,064,876	11,750,097	1.97%	2.42%
1977	3,118,923	12,035,713	1.76%	2.43%
1978	3,171,740	12,328,157	1.69%	2.43%
1979	3,228,202	12,627,862	1.78%	2.43%
1980	3,292,573	12,983,363	1.99%	2.82%
1981	3,366,631	13,399,203	2.25%	3.2%
1982	3,450,026	13,832,798	2.48%	3.24%
1983	3,541,001	14,285,907	2.64%	3.28%
1984	3,637,843	14,759,009	2.73%	3.31%
1985	3,739,985	15,252,258	2.81%	3.34%
1986	3,846,715	15,760,419	2.85%	3.33%
1987	3,957,612	16,276,737	2.88%	3.28%
1988	4,072,601	16,796,605	2.91%	3.19%
1989	4,190,974	17,314,997	2.91%	3.09%
1990	4,311,955	17,833,171	2.89%	2.99%
1991	4,435,118	18,342,464	2.86%	2.86%
1992	4,559,646	18,834,572	2.81%	2.68%
1993	4,685,060	19,322,664	2.75%	2.59%
1994	4,809,220	19,820,446	2.65%	2.58%
1995	4,929,409	20,330,599	2.5%	2.57%
1996	5,045,678	20,850,087	2.36%	2.56%
1997	5,152,011	21,375,218	2.11%	2.52%
1998	5,248,266	21,906,713	1.87%	2.49%
1999	5,340,784	22,435,531	1.76%	2.41%
2000	5,431,212	22,967,816	1.69%	2.37%
2001	5,521,482	23,526,538	1.66%	2.43%
2002	5,610,889	24,102,477	1.62%	2.45%
2003	5,697,945	24,679,602	1.55%	2.39%
2004	5,781,626	25,256,772	1.47%	2.34%
2005	5,869,523	25,836,071	1.52%	2.29%
2006	5,963,200	26,417,909	1.6%	2.25%
2007	6,056,236	26,998,389	1.56%	2.2%
2008	6,148,969	27,570,059	1.53%	2.12%
2009	6,241,642	28,124,778	1.51%	2.01%
2010	6,334,194	28,655,776	1.48%	1.89%
2011	6,426,590	29,162,039	1.46%	1.77%
2012	6,518,978	29,662,831	1.44%	1.72%
2013	6,611,385	30,174,265	1.42%	1.72%
2014	6,703,172	30,696,137	1.39%	1.73%
2015	6,801,645	31,232,798	1.47%	1.75%
2016	6,908,802	31,789,685	1.58%	1.78%
2017	7,018,147	32,355,644	1.58%	1.78%
2018	7,128,045	32,910,967	1.57%	1.72%
2019	7,237,636	33,440,596	1.54%	1.61%
2020	7,346,533	33,889,558	1.5%	1.34%
2021	7,453,194	34,282,399	1.45%	1.16%
2022	7,559,007	34,695,493	1.42%	1.2%
2023	7,664,993	35,126,298	1.4%	1.24%
2024	7,769,819	35,557,673	1.37%	1.23%
2025	7,873,043	35,977,838	1.33%	1.18%
2026	7,974,020	36,385,119	1.28%	1.13%
2027	8,072,924	36,785,089	1.24%	1.1%
2028	8,169,794	37,182,773	1.2%	1.08%
2029	8,264,394	37,574,292	1.16%	1.05%
2030	8,357,024	37,961,722	1.12%	1.03%
2031	8,447,769	38,347,786	1.09%	1.02%
2032	8,536,450	38,728,383	1.05%	0.99%
2033	8,622,824	39,097,871	1.01%	0.95%
2034	8,706,826	39,457,849	0.97%	0.92%
2035	8,788,759	39,814,834	0.94%	0.9%
2036	8,868,880	40,166,904	0.91%	0.88%
2037	8,947,241	40,512,289	0.88%	0.86%
2038	9,023,864	40,853,318	0.86%	0.84%
2039	9,097,889	41,185,892	0.82%	0.81%
2040	9,168,998	41,509,646	0.78%	0.79%
2041	9,238,108	41,828,594	0.75%	0.77%
2042	9,305,405	42,144,474	0.73%	0.76%
2043	9,370,049	42,455,952	0.69%	0.74%
2044	9,432,310	42,754,140	0.66%	0.7%
2045	9,492,501	43,038,205	0.64%	0.66%
2046	9,550,341	43,313,754	0.61%	0.64%
2047	9,605,804	43,580,459	0.58%	0.62%
2048	9,659,037	43,831,577	0.55%	0.58%
2049	9,709,614	44,065,538	0.52%	0.53%
2050	9,757,279	44,289,765	0.49%	0.51%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Laos increased by 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Laos gained 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth).

Laos was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2005 and is still 103rd in 2025. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2005 and ranked 45th 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 Malaysia will increase by 22% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.