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	2,389,275	1.37%	-2.79%
2025	7,873,043	2,358,679	1.33%	-1.28%
2026	7,974,020	2,331,249	1.28%	-1.16%
2027	8,072,924	2,308,519	1.24%	-0.97%
2028	8,169,794	2,285,773	1.2%	-0.99%
2029	8,264,394	2,262,909	1.16%	-1%
2030	8,357,024	2,239,915	1.12%	-1.02%
2031	8,447,769	2,217,099	1.09%	-1.02%
2032	8,536,450	2,194,590	1.05%	-1.02%
2033	8,622,824	2,172,083	1.01%	-1.03%
2034	8,706,826	2,149,558	0.97%	-1.04%
2035	8,788,759	2,127,153	0.94%	-1.04%
2036	8,868,880	2,105,178	0.91%	-1.03%
2037	8,947,241	2,083,762	0.88%	-1.02%
2038	9,023,864	2,062,803	0.86%	-1.01%
2039	9,097,889	2,042,214	0.82%	-1%
2040	9,168,998	2,022,294	0.78%	-0.98%
2041	9,238,108	2,003,296	0.75%	-0.94%
2042	9,305,405	1,984,924	0.73%	-0.92%
2043	9,370,049	1,966,961	0.69%	-0.9%
2044	9,432,310	1,949,608	0.66%	-0.88%
2045	9,492,501	1,932,647	0.64%	-0.87%
2046	9,550,341	1,915,982	0.61%	-0.86%
2047	9,605,804	1,899,781	0.58%	-0.85%
2048	9,659,037	1,883,795	0.55%	-0.84%
2049	9,709,614	1,867,636	0.52%	-0.86%
2050	9,757,279	1,851,456	0.49%	-0.87%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Laos increased by 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth), while Moldova lost 53,007 people (a 1.83% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Laos gained 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth), while Moldova's population decreased by -477,299 (a 16.8% decline).

Laos was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2005 and is still 103rd in 2025. Moldova was ranked 134th in 2005 and ranked 145th 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 Moldova will decrease by 21.5% to 1,851,456 people and rank change from 145th to 150th.