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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	Namibia	Laos	Namibia
1960	2,121,514	591,465	-	-
1961	2,169,796	603,067	2.28%	1.96%
1962	2,219,910	615,759	2.31%	2.1%
1963	2,271,061	629,589	2.3%	2.25%
1964	2,322,826	644,530	2.28%	2.37%
1965	2,376,200	660,558	2.3%	2.49%
1966	2,431,084	677,655	2.31%	2.59%
1967	2,487,715	696,045	2.33%	2.71%
1968	2,546,377	715,542	2.36%	2.8%
1969	2,606,959	736,120	2.38%	2.88%
1970	2,669,702	757,868	2.41%	2.95%
1971	2,734,628	780,584	2.43%	3%
1972	2,801,660	804,399	2.45%	3.05%
1973	2,870,573	828,928	2.46%	3.05%
1974	2,939,761	854,320	2.41%	3.06%
1975	3,005,521	881,032	2.24%	3.13%
1976	3,064,876	906,566	1.97%	2.9%
1977	3,118,923	931,104	1.76%	2.71%
1978	3,171,740	947,269	1.69%	1.74%
1979	3,228,202	962,825	1.78%	1.64%
1980	3,292,573	981,434	1.99%	1.93%
1981	3,366,631	992,500	2.25%	1.13%
1982	3,450,026	1,010,308	2.48%	1.79%
1983	3,541,001	1,037,511	2.64%	2.69%
1984	3,637,843	1,065,989	2.73%	2.74%
1985	3,739,985	1,096,890	2.81%	2.9%
1986	3,846,715	1,131,081	2.85%	3.12%
1987	3,957,612	1,167,889	2.88%	3.25%
1988	4,072,601	1,209,696	2.91%	3.58%
1989	4,190,974	1,288,947	2.91%	6.55%
1990	4,311,955	1,369,303	2.89%	6.23%
1991	4,435,118	1,415,684	2.86%	3.39%
1992	4,559,646	1,461,322	2.81%	3.22%
1993	4,685,060	1,508,697	2.75%	3.24%
1994	4,809,220	1,556,304	2.65%	3.16%
1995	4,929,409	1,602,170	2.5%	2.95%
1996	5,045,678	1,646,103	2.36%	2.74%
1997	5,152,011	1,689,264	2.11%	2.62%
1998	5,248,266	1,732,745	1.87%	2.57%
1999	5,340,784	1,776,368	1.76%	2.52%
2000	5,431,212	1,818,647	1.69%	2.38%
2001	5,521,482	1,857,048	1.66%	2.11%
2002	5,610,889	1,889,970	1.62%	1.77%
2003	5,697,945	1,917,464	1.55%	1.45%
2004	5,781,626	1,942,082	1.47%	1.28%
2005	5,869,523	1,966,582	1.52%	1.26%
2006	5,963,200	1,991,888	1.6%	1.29%
2007	6,056,236	2,018,600	1.56%	1.34%
2008	6,148,969	2,047,056	1.53%	1.41%
2009	6,241,642	2,077,394	1.51%	1.48%
2010	6,334,194	2,109,811	1.48%	1.56%
2011	6,426,590	2,146,325	1.46%	1.73%
2012	6,518,978	2,194,654	1.44%	2.25%
2013	6,611,385	2,252,508	1.42%	2.64%
2014	6,703,172	2,312,139	1.39%	2.65%
2015	6,801,645	2,374,300	1.47%	2.69%
2016	6,908,802	2,439,213	1.58%	2.73%
2017	7,018,147	2,506,853	1.58%	2.77%
2018	7,128,045	2,577,327	1.57%	2.81%
2019	7,237,636	2,650,494	1.54%	2.84%
2020	7,346,533	2,728,762	1.5%	2.95%
2021	7,453,194	2,810,548	1.45%	3%
2022	7,559,007	2,889,662	1.42%	2.81%
2023	7,664,993	2,963,095	1.4%	2.54%
2024	7,769,819	3,030,131	1.37%	2.26%
2025	7,873,043	3,092,826	1.33%	2.07%
2026	7,974,020	3,153,252	1.28%	1.95%
2027	8,072,924	3,212,910	1.24%	1.89%
2028	8,169,794	3,272,166	1.2%	1.84%
2029	8,264,394	3,330,819	1.16%	1.79%
2030	8,357,024	3,389,961	1.12%	1.78%
2031	8,447,769	3,449,508	1.09%	1.76%
2032	8,536,450	3,508,245	1.05%	1.7%
2033	8,622,824	3,565,349	1.01%	1.63%
2034	8,706,826	3,621,829	0.97%	1.58%
2035	8,788,759	3,678,888	0.94%	1.58%
2036	8,868,880	3,735,939	0.91%	1.55%
2037	8,947,241	3,792,807	0.88%	1.52%
2038	9,023,864	3,850,310	0.86%	1.52%
2039	9,097,889	3,907,182	0.82%	1.48%
2040	9,168,998	3,962,414	0.78%	1.41%
2041	9,238,108	4,017,690	0.75%	1.4%
2042	9,305,405	4,073,359	0.73%	1.39%
2043	9,370,049	4,129,577	0.69%	1.38%
2044	9,432,310	4,186,114	0.66%	1.37%
2045	9,492,501	4,243,359	0.64%	1.37%
2046	9,550,341	4,299,969	0.61%	1.33%
2047	9,605,804	4,355,507	0.58%	1.29%
2048	9,659,037	4,409,459	0.55%	1.24%
2049	9,709,614	4,460,507	0.52%	1.16%
2050	9,757,279	4,512,307	0.49%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Laos increased by 945,602 people (a 15.9% growth), while Namibia gained 447,325 people (a 22.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Laos gained 1,066,298 (a 15.4% growth), while Namibia's population increased by 714,691 (a 29.3% growth).

Laos was ranked 105th most populous country in 2006 and is 103rd in 2026. Namibia was ranked 143rd in 2006 and ranked 134th 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 Namibia will increase by 43.1% to 4,512,307 people and rank change from 134th to 131st.