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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Laos was 7,769,819 in 2024 vs 623,831 people in Montenegro in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Laos' population is 7,954,155 people compared to 618,209 in Montenegro.

Population statistics:

  • Laos' population is 12.9 times bigger than Montenegro's.
  • Laos is ranked the 103rd most populous country in the world, while Montenegro is the 166th.
  • The countries together account for 0.1% of the world: 0.1% for Laos vs 0.007% for Montenegro.
  • For the last 10 years, Laos has had an average growth rate of +1.48% per year vs +0.02% in Montenegro.
  • Since 2005, the population of Laos has increased from 5.87M people to 7.95M (35.5% growth), while Montenegro has grown from 614K to 618K (0.64% growth).
  • Laos is projected to reach its peak in 2068 at 10.2M people, while Montenegro's population already peaked in 2019 at 627K people and is projected to decrease to 319K people by 2100.

Laos vs Montenegro: live population counter

Laos Montenegro
Current population
7954155
618209
Population rank 103/197 166/197
Percent of world population 0.1% 0.007%
One net population change
5.01 minutes
1.21 days
One birth every
3.22 minutes
1.25 hours
One death every
11 minutes
1.39 hours
One migration net change every
51.1 minutes
5.2 hours
Annual migration change -10,284 -1,686
Daily growth/decline +287 +1
Annual growth/decline +104,826 +302
Annual growth/decline rate +1.37% +0.05%
Population growth rate rank 80/197 163/197

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

Laos
Population

Growth rate
Montenegro
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Laos Montenegro Laos Montenegro
1960 2,121,514 480,579 - -
1961 2,169,796 491,140 2.28% 2.2%
1962 2,219,910 502,558 2.31% 2.32%
1963 2,271,061 513,409 2.3% 2.16%
1964 2,322,826 521,753 2.28% 1.63%
1965 2,376,200 526,327 2.3% 0.88%
1966 2,431,084 526,419 2.31% 0.02%
1967 2,487,715 522,796 2.33% -0.69%
1968 2,546,377 517,481 2.36% -1.02%
1969 2,606,959 513,340 2.38% -0.8%
1970 2,669,702 512,407 2.41% -0.18%
1971 2,734,628 515,449 2.43% 0.59%
1972 2,801,660 521,785 2.45% 1.23%
1973 2,870,573 530,220 2.46% 1.62%
1974 2,939,761 538,902 2.41% 1.64%
1975 3,005,521 546,487 2.24% 1.41%
1976 3,064,876 552,562 1.97% 1.11%
1977 3,118,923 557,576 1.76% 0.91%
1978 3,171,740 562,065 1.69% 0.81%
1979 3,228,202 566,888 1.78% 0.86%
1980 3,292,573 572,608 1.99% 1.01%
1981 3,366,631 579,445 2.25% 1.19%
1982 3,450,026 587,001 2.48% 1.3%
1983 3,541,001 594,506 2.64% 1.28%
1984 3,637,843 600,884 2.73% 1.07%
1985 3,739,985 605,398 2.81% 0.75%
1986 3,846,715 607,711 2.85% 0.38%
1987 3,957,612 608,144 2.88% 0.07%
1988 4,072,601 607,413 2.91% -0.12%
1989 4,190,974 606,571 2.91% -0.14%
1990 4,311,955 606,372 2.89% -0.03%
1991 4,435,118 607,105 2.86% 0.12%
1992 4,559,646 608,516 2.81% 0.23%
1993 4,685,060 610,170 2.75% 0.27%
1994 4,809,220 611,389 2.65% 0.2%
1995 4,929,409 611,712 2.5% 0.05%
1996 5,045,678 611,003 2.36% -0.12%
1997 5,152,011 609,520 2.11% -0.24%
1998 5,248,266 607,662 1.87% -0.3%
1999 5,340,784 606,001 1.76% -0.27%
2000 5,431,212 604,950 1.69% -0.17%
2001 5,521,482 607,389 1.66% 0.4%
2002 5,610,889 609,828 1.62% 0.4%
2003 5,697,945 612,267 1.55% 0.4%
2004 5,781,626 613,353 1.47% 0.18%
2005 5,869,523 614,261 1.52% 0.15%
2006 5,963,200 615,025 1.6% 0.12%
2007 6,056,236 615,875 1.56% 0.14%
2008 6,148,969 616,969 1.53% 0.18%
2009 6,241,642 618,294 1.51% 0.21%
2010 6,334,194 619,428 1.48% 0.18%
2011 6,426,590 620,345 1.46% 0.15%
2012 6,518,978 621,418 1.44% 0.17%
2013 6,611,385 622,587 1.42% 0.19%
2014 6,703,172 623,744 1.39% 0.19%
2015 6,801,645 624,651 1.47% 0.15%
2016 6,908,802 625,353 1.58% 0.11%
2017 7,018,147 625,982 1.58% 0.1%
2018 7,128,045 626,438 1.57% 0.07%
2019 7,237,636 626,753 1.54% 0.05%
2020 7,346,533 626,590 1.5% -0.03%
2021 7,453,194 625,053 1.45% -0.25%
2022 7,559,007 623,591 1.42% -0.23%
2023 7,664,993 623,529 1.4% -0.01%
2024 7,769,819 623,831 1.37% 0.05%
2025 7,873,043 618,209 1.33% -0.9%
2026 7,974,020 611,868 1.28% -1.03%
2027 8,072,924 608,570 1.24% -0.54%
2028 8,169,794 605,281 1.2% -0.54%
2029 8,264,394 601,917 1.16% -0.56%
2030 8,357,024 598,501 1.12% -0.57%
2031 8,447,769 595,047 1.09% -0.58%
2032 8,536,450 591,507 1.05% -0.59%
2033 8,622,824 587,900 1.01% -0.61%
2034 8,706,826 584,230 0.97% -0.62%
2035 8,788,759 580,502 0.94% -0.64%
2036 8,868,880 576,713 0.91% -0.65%
2037 8,947,241 572,889 0.88% -0.66%
2038 9,023,864 569,027 0.86% -0.67%
2039 9,097,889 565,147 0.82% -0.68%
2040 9,168,998 561,254 0.78% -0.69%
2041 9,238,108 557,345 0.75% -0.7%
2042 9,305,405 553,430 0.73% -0.7%
2043 9,370,049 549,485 0.69% -0.71%
2044 9,432,310 545,508 0.66% -0.72%
2045 9,492,501 541,510 0.64% -0.73%
2046 9,550,341 537,487 0.61% -0.74%
2047 9,605,804 533,411 0.58% -0.76%
2048 9,659,037 529,311 0.55% -0.77%
2049 9,709,614 525,208 0.52% -0.78%
2050 9,757,279 521,056 0.49% -0.79%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Laos increased by 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth), while Montenegro gained 10,390 people (a 1.69% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Laos gained 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth), while Montenegro's population decreased by -6,442 (a 1.03% decline).

Laos was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2005 and is still 103rd in 2025. Montenegro was ranked 162nd in 2005 and ranked 166th 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 Montenegro will decrease by 15.7% to 521,056 people and rank change from 166th to 170th.

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