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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	Mauritania	Laos	Mauritania
1960	2,121,514	824,298	-	-
1961	2,169,796	846,167	2.28%	2.65%
1962	2,219,910	869,184	2.31%	2.72%
1963	2,271,061	893,423	2.3%	2.79%
1964	2,322,826	918,955	2.28%	2.86%
1965	2,376,200	945,838	2.3%	2.93%
1966	2,431,084	974,157	2.31%	2.99%
1967	2,487,715	1,003,843	2.33%	3.05%
1968	2,546,377	1,034,739	2.36%	3.08%
1969	2,606,959	1,066,754	2.38%	3.09%
1970	2,669,702	1,099,806	2.41%	3.1%
1971	2,734,628	1,133,702	2.43%	3.08%
1972	2,801,660	1,168,355	2.45%	3.06%
1973	2,870,573	1,203,838	2.46%	3.04%
1974	2,939,761	1,240,188	2.41%	3.02%
1975	3,005,521	1,277,330	2.24%	2.99%
1976	3,064,876	1,315,336	1.97%	2.98%
1977	3,118,923	1,353,768	1.76%	2.92%
1978	3,171,740	1,392,713	1.69%	2.88%
1979	3,228,202	1,432,758	1.78%	2.88%
1980	3,292,573	1,474,043	1.99%	2.88%
1981	3,366,631	1,516,877	2.25%	2.91%
1982	3,450,026	1,561,176	2.48%	2.92%
1983	3,541,001	1,606,746	2.64%	2.92%
1984	3,637,843	1,653,693	2.73%	2.92%
1985	3,739,985	1,702,107	2.81%	2.93%
1986	3,846,715	1,751,835	2.85%	2.92%
1987	3,957,612	1,803,014	2.88%	2.92%
1988	4,072,601	1,855,859	2.91%	2.93%
1989	4,190,974	1,903,048	2.91%	2.54%
1990	4,311,955	1,951,878	2.89%	2.57%
1991	4,435,118	2,009,738	2.86%	2.96%
1992	4,559,646	2,088,135	2.81%	3.9%
1993	4,685,060	2,174,328	2.75%	4.13%
1994	4,809,220	2,249,454	2.65%	3.46%
1995	4,929,409	2,312,017	2.5%	2.78%
1996	5,045,678	2,358,188	2.36%	2%
1997	5,152,011	2,411,306	2.11%	2.25%
1998	5,248,266	2,474,651	1.87%	2.63%
1999	5,340,784	2,541,698	1.76%	2.71%
2000	5,431,212	2,613,441	1.69%	2.82%
2001	5,521,482	2,678,760	1.66%	2.5%
2002	5,610,889	2,738,655	1.62%	2.24%
2003	5,697,945	2,802,046	1.55%	2.31%
2004	5,781,626	2,868,664	1.47%	2.38%
2005	5,869,523	2,939,059	1.52%	2.45%
2006	5,963,200	3,013,660	1.6%	2.54%
2007	6,056,236	3,093,059	1.56%	2.63%
2008	6,148,969	3,183,269	1.53%	2.92%
2009	6,241,642	3,284,448	1.51%	3.18%
2010	6,334,194	3,390,965	1.48%	3.24%
2011	6,426,590	3,502,811	1.46%	3.3%
2012	6,518,978	3,619,034	1.44%	3.32%
2013	6,611,385	3,734,318	1.42%	3.19%
2014	6,703,172	3,848,514	1.39%	3.06%
2015	6,801,645	3,965,959	1.47%	3.05%
2016	6,908,802	4,086,657	1.58%	3.04%
2017	7,018,147	4,210,600	1.58%	3.03%
2018	7,128,045	4,337,685	1.57%	3.02%
2019	7,237,636	4,467,708	1.54%	3%
2020	7,346,533	4,600,131	1.5%	2.96%
2021	7,453,194	4,734,874	1.45%	2.93%
2022	7,559,007	4,875,637	1.42%	2.97%
2023	7,664,993	5,022,441	1.4%	3.01%
2024	7,769,819	5,169,395	1.37%	2.93%
2025	7,873,043	5,315,063	1.33%	2.82%
2026	7,974,020	5,461,313	1.28%	2.75%
2027	8,072,924	5,608,785	1.24%	2.7%
2028	8,169,794	5,757,952	1.2%	2.66%
2029	8,264,394	5,909,186	1.16%	2.63%
2030	8,357,024	6,062,523	1.12%	2.59%
2031	8,447,769	6,217,791	1.09%	2.56%
2032	8,536,450	6,374,839	1.05%	2.53%
2033	8,622,824	6,533,828	1.01%	2.49%
2034	8,706,826	6,694,445	0.97%	2.46%
2035	8,788,759	6,856,314	0.94%	2.42%
2036	8,868,880	7,019,227	0.91%	2.38%
2037	8,947,241	7,183,105	0.88%	2.33%
2038	9,023,864	7,348,357	0.86%	2.3%
2039	9,097,889	7,514,734	0.82%	2.26%
2040	9,168,998	7,681,907	0.78%	2.22%
2041	9,238,108	7,850,210	0.75%	2.19%
2042	9,305,405	8,020,480	0.73%	2.17%
2043	9,370,049	8,192,542	0.69%	2.15%
2044	9,432,310	8,365,171	0.66%	2.11%
2045	9,492,501	8,538,521	0.64%	2.07%
2046	9,550,341	8,713,247	0.61%	2.05%
2047	9,605,804	8,888,466	0.58%	2.01%
2048	9,659,037	9,064,207	0.55%	1.98%
2049	9,709,614	9,240,169	0.52%	1.94%
2050	9,757,279	9,415,589	0.49%	1.9%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Laos increased by 945,602 people (a 15.9% growth), while Mauritania gained 1,072,997 people (a 35.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Laos gained 1,066,298 (a 15.4% growth), while Mauritania's population increased by 1,376,267 (a 33.7% growth).

Laos was ranked 105th most populous country in 2006 and is 103rd in 2026. Mauritania was ranked 132nd in 2006 and ranked 123rd 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 Mauritania will increase by 72.4% to 9,415,589 people and rank change from 123rd to 103rd.