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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	Moldova	Laos	Moldova
1960	2,121,514	2,058,020	-	-
1961	2,169,796	2,103,327	2.28%	2.2%
1962	2,219,910	2,147,227	2.31%	2.09%
1963	2,271,061	2,188,895	2.3%	1.94%
1964	2,322,826	2,228,000	2.28%	1.79%
1965	2,376,200	2,265,287	2.3%	1.67%
1966	2,431,084	2,301,871	2.31%	1.61%
1967	2,487,715	2,337,695	2.33%	1.56%
1968	2,546,377	2,373,073	2.36%	1.51%
1969	2,606,959	2,408,469	2.38%	1.49%
1970	2,669,702	2,437,590	2.41%	1.21%
1971	2,734,628	2,460,611	2.43%	0.94%
1972	2,801,660	2,484,742	2.45%	0.98%
1973	2,870,573	2,510,584	2.46%	1.04%
1974	2,939,761	2,538,164	2.41%	1.1%
1975	3,005,521	2,566,998	2.24%	1.14%
1976	3,064,876	2,596,491	1.97%	1.15%
1977	3,118,923	2,626,298	1.76%	1.15%
1978	3,171,740	2,656,211	1.69%	1.14%
1979	3,228,202	2,683,035	1.78%	1.01%
1980	3,292,573	2,708,675	1.99%	0.96%
1981	3,366,631	2,735,987	2.25%	1.01%
1982	3,450,026	2,763,101	2.48%	0.99%
1983	3,541,001	2,791,207	2.64%	1.02%
1984	3,637,843	2,820,518	2.73%	1.05%
1985	3,739,985	2,850,787	2.81%	1.07%
1986	3,846,715	2,883,057	2.85%	1.13%
1987	3,957,612	2,916,306	2.88%	1.15%
1988	4,072,601	2,948,891	2.91%	1.12%
1989	4,190,974	2,970,039	2.91%	0.72%
1990	4,311,955	2,977,912	2.89%	0.27%
1991	4,435,118	2,981,566	2.86%	0.12%
1992	4,559,646	2,980,965	2.81%	-0.02%
1993	4,685,060	2,975,966	2.75%	-0.17%
1994	4,809,220	2,966,745	2.65%	-0.31%
1995	4,929,409	2,953,200	2.5%	-0.46%
1996	5,045,678	2,947,293	2.36%	-0.2%
1997	5,152,011	2,936,413	2.11%	-0.37%
1998	5,248,266	2,935,227	1.87%	-0.04%
1999	5,340,784	2,930,622	1.76%	-0.16%
2000	5,431,212	2,924,668	1.69%	-0.2%
2001	5,521,482	2,918,135	1.66%	-0.22%
2002	5,610,889	2,911,385	1.62%	-0.23%
2003	5,697,945	2,903,198	1.55%	-0.28%
2004	5,781,626	2,896,023	1.47%	-0.25%
2005	5,869,523	2,888,985	1.52%	-0.24%
2006	5,963,200	2,880,967	1.6%	-0.28%
2007	6,056,236	2,874,299	1.56%	-0.23%
2008	6,148,969	2,868,833	1.53%	-0.19%
2009	6,241,642	2,865,213	1.51%	-0.13%
2010	6,334,194	2,862,354	1.48%	-0.1%
2011	6,426,590	2,860,699	1.46%	-0.06%
2012	6,518,978	2,860,324	1.44%	-0.01%
2013	6,611,385	2,859,558	1.42%	-0.03%
2014	6,703,172	2,857,815	1.39%	-0.06%
2015	6,801,645	2,835,978	1.47%	-0.76%
2016	6,908,802	2,803,186	1.58%	-1.16%
2017	7,018,147	2,755,189	1.58%	-1.71%
2018	7,128,045	2,707,203	1.57%	-1.74%
2019	7,237,636	2,664,224	1.54%	-1.59%
2020	7,346,533	2,635,130	1.5%	-1.09%
2021	7,453,194	2,595,809	1.45%	-1.49%
2022	7,559,007	2,528,654	1.42%	-2.59%
2023	7,664,993	2,457,783	1.4%	-2.8%
2024	7,769,819	2,402,306	1.37%	-2.26%
2025	7,873,043	2,371,543	1.33%	-1.28%
2026	7,974,020	2,343,963	1.28%	-1.16%
2027	8,072,924	2,321,110	1.24%	-0.97%
2028	8,169,794	2,298,239	1.2%	-0.99%
2029	8,264,394	2,275,251	1.16%	-1%
2030	8,357,024	2,252,131	1.12%	-1.02%
2031	8,447,769	2,229,191	1.09%	-1.02%
2032	8,536,450	2,206,559	1.05%	-1.02%
2033	8,622,824	2,183,929	1.01%	-1.03%
2034	8,706,826	2,161,282	0.97%	-1.04%
2035	8,788,759	2,138,754	0.94%	-1.04%
2036	8,868,880	2,116,659	0.91%	-1.03%
2037	8,947,241	2,095,127	0.88%	-1.02%
2038	9,023,864	2,074,054	0.86%	-1.01%
2039	9,097,889	2,053,352	0.82%	-1%
2040	9,168,998	2,033,323	0.78%	-0.98%
2041	9,238,108	2,014,222	0.75%	-0.94%
2042	9,305,405	1,995,750	0.73%	-0.92%
2043	9,370,049	1,977,688	0.69%	-0.9%
2044	9,432,310	1,960,241	0.66%	-0.88%
2045	9,492,501	1,943,187	0.64%	-0.87%
2046	9,550,341	1,926,432	0.61%	-0.86%
2047	9,605,804	1,910,142	0.58%	-0.85%
2048	9,659,037	1,894,069	0.55%	-0.84%
2049	9,709,614	1,877,822	0.52%	-0.86%
2050	9,757,279	1,861,554	0.49%	-0.87%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Laos increased by 945,602 people (a 15.9% growth), while Moldova lost 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Laos gained 1,066,298 (a 15.4% growth), while Moldova's population decreased by -459,223 (a 16.4% decline).

Laos was ranked 105th most populous country in 2006 and is 103rd in 2026. Moldova was ranked 134th in 2006 and ranked 144th 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 Moldova will decrease by 20.6% to 1,861,554 people and rank change from 144th to 150th.