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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	Mexico	Laos	Mexico
1960	2,121,514	36,724,615	-	-
1961	2,169,796	37,890,118	2.28%	3.17%
1962	2,219,910	39,129,200	2.31%	3.27%
1963	2,271,061	40,424,065	2.3%	3.31%
1964	2,322,826	41,772,049	2.28%	3.33%
1965	2,376,200	43,174,477	2.3%	3.36%
1966	2,431,084	44,629,106	2.31%	3.37%
1967	2,487,715	46,129,608	2.33%	3.36%
1968	2,546,377	47,668,303	2.36%	3.34%
1969	2,606,959	49,233,194	2.38%	3.28%
1970	2,669,702	50,814,953	2.41%	3.21%
1971	2,734,628	52,412,558	2.43%	3.14%
1972	2,801,660	54,030,168	2.45%	3.09%
1973	2,870,573	55,667,284	2.46%	3.03%
1974	2,939,761	57,320,149	2.41%	2.97%
1975	3,005,521	58,982,400	2.24%	2.9%
1976	3,064,876	60,645,512	1.97%	2.82%
1977	3,118,923	62,308,493	1.76%	2.74%
1978	3,171,740	63,979,046	1.69%	2.68%
1979	3,228,202	65,648,865	1.78%	2.61%
1980	3,292,573	67,300,334	1.99%	2.52%
1981	3,366,631	68,892,108	2.25%	2.37%
1982	3,450,026	70,433,260	2.48%	2.24%
1983	3,541,001	71,971,240	2.64%	2.18%
1984	3,637,843	73,506,846	2.73%	2.13%
1985	3,739,985	75,043,414	2.81%	2.09%
1986	3,846,715	76,585,637	2.85%	2.06%
1987	3,957,612	78,136,651	2.88%	2.03%
1988	4,072,601	79,695,531	2.91%	2%
1989	4,190,974	81,247,182	2.91%	1.95%
1990	4,311,955	82,820,170	2.89%	1.94%
1991	4,435,118	84,430,572	2.86%	1.94%
1992	4,559,646	86,044,809	2.81%	1.91%
1993	4,685,060	87,653,807	2.75%	1.87%
1994	4,809,220	89,259,205	2.65%	1.83%
1995	4,929,409	90,862,455	2.5%	1.8%
1996	5,045,678	92,452,702	2.36%	1.75%
1997	5,152,011	94,021,207	2.11%	1.7%
1998	5,248,266	95,575,245	1.87%	1.65%
1999	5,340,784	97,115,707	1.76%	1.61%
2000	5,431,212	98,625,552	1.69%	1.55%
2001	5,521,482	100,099,099	1.66%	1.49%
2002	5,610,889	101,548,624	1.62%	1.45%
2003	5,697,945	102,978,515	1.55%	1.41%
2004	5,781,626	104,394,131	1.47%	1.37%
2005	5,869,523	105,811,504	1.52%	1.36%
2006	5,963,200	107,253,666	1.6%	1.36%
2007	6,056,236	108,774,360	1.56%	1.42%
2008	6,148,969	110,374,288	1.53%	1.47%
2009	6,241,642	111,999,721	1.51%	1.47%
2010	6,334,194	113,623,895	1.48%	1.45%
2011	6,426,590	115,243,504	1.46%	1.43%
2012	6,518,978	116,818,208	1.44%	1.37%
2013	6,611,385	118,343,573	1.42%	1.31%
2014	6,703,172	119,784,261	1.39%	1.22%
2015	6,801,645	121,072,306	1.47%	1.08%
2016	6,908,802	122,251,351	1.58%	0.97%
2017	7,018,147	123,400,057	1.58%	0.94%
2018	7,128,045	124,573,711	1.57%	0.95%
2019	7,237,636	125,762,982	1.54%	0.95%
2020	7,346,533	126,799,054	1.5%	0.82%
2021	7,453,194	127,648,148	1.45%	0.67%
2022	7,559,007	128,613,117	1.42%	0.76%
2023	7,664,993	129,739,759	1.4%	0.88%
2024	7,769,819	130,861,007	1.37%	0.86%
2025	7,873,043	131,946,905	1.33%	0.83%
2026	7,974,020	132,997,664	1.28%	0.8%
2027	8,072,924	134,017,711	1.24%	0.77%
2028	8,169,794	135,008,697	1.2%	0.74%
2029	8,264,394	135,970,893	1.16%	0.71%
2030	8,357,024	136,904,747	1.12%	0.69%
2031	8,447,769	137,811,068	1.09%	0.66%
2032	8,536,450	138,690,189	1.05%	0.64%
2033	8,622,824	139,542,087	1.01%	0.61%
2034	8,706,826	140,362,026	0.97%	0.59%
2035	8,788,759	141,150,818	0.94%	0.56%
2036	8,868,880	141,909,168	0.91%	0.54%
2037	8,947,241	142,637,546	0.88%	0.51%
2038	9,023,864	143,336,222	0.86%	0.49%
2039	9,097,889	143,998,296	0.82%	0.46%
2040	9,168,998	144,624,328	0.78%	0.43%
2041	9,238,108	145,217,780	0.75%	0.41%
2042	9,305,405	145,777,459	0.73%	0.39%
2043	9,370,049	146,300,011	0.69%	0.36%
2044	9,432,310	146,787,722	0.66%	0.33%
2045	9,492,501	147,240,096	0.64%	0.31%
2046	9,550,341	147,654,160	0.61%	0.28%
2047	9,605,804	148,030,153	0.58%	0.25%
2048	9,659,037	148,372,233	0.55%	0.23%
2049	9,709,614	148,677,894	0.52%	0.21%
2050	9,757,279	148,946,272	0.49%	0.18%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Laos increased by 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth), while Mexico gained 15,260,802 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Laos gained 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth), while Mexico's population increased by 11,718,651 (a 9.68% growth).

Laos was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2005 and is still 103rd in 2025. Mexico was ranked 11th in 2005 and still ranked 11th 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 Mexico will increase by 12.2% to 148,946,272 people and rank change from 11th to 12th.