Population in Laos compared to New Zealand: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Laos and New Zealand: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	New Zealand	Laos	New Zealand
1960	2,121,514	2,371,800	-	-
1961	2,169,796	2,419,700	2.28%	2.02%
1962	2,219,910	2,482,000	2.31%	2.57%
1963	2,271,061	2,531,800	2.3%	2.01%
1964	2,322,826	2,585,400	2.28%	2.12%
1965	2,376,200	2,628,400	2.3%	1.66%
1966	2,431,084	2,675,900	2.31%	1.81%
1967	2,487,715	2,724,100	2.33%	1.8%
1968	2,546,377	2,748,100	2.36%	0.88%
1969	2,606,959	2,772,800	2.38%	0.9%
1970	2,669,702	2,810,700	2.41%	1.37%
1971	2,734,628	2,853,000	2.43%	1.5%
1972	2,801,660	2,903,900	2.45%	1.78%
1973	2,870,573	2,961,300	2.46%	1.98%
1974	2,939,761	3,023,700	2.41%	2.11%
1975	3,005,521	3,083,100	2.24%	1.96%
1976	3,064,876	3,110,500	1.97%	0.89%
1977	3,118,923	3,120,200	1.76%	0.31%
1978	3,171,740	3,121,200	1.69%	0.03%
1979	3,228,202	3,109,000	1.78%	-0.39%
1980	3,292,573	3,112,900	1.99%	0.13%
1981	3,366,631	3,124,900	2.25%	0.39%
1982	3,450,026	3,156,100	2.48%	1%
1983	3,541,001	3,199,300	2.64%	1.37%
1984	3,637,843	3,227,100	2.73%	0.87%
1985	3,739,985	3,247,100	2.81%	0.62%
1986	3,846,715	3,246,300	2.85%	-0.02%
1987	3,957,612	3,274,400	2.88%	0.87%
1988	4,072,601	3,283,400	2.91%	0.27%
1989	4,190,974	3,299,200	2.91%	0.48%
1990	4,311,955	3,329,800	2.89%	0.93%
1991	4,435,118	3,495,100	2.86%	4.96%
1992	4,559,646	3,531,700	2.81%	1.05%
1993	4,685,060	3,572,200	2.75%	1.15%
1994	4,809,220	3,620,000	2.65%	1.34%
1995	4,929,409	3,673,400	2.5%	1.48%
1996	5,045,678	3,732,000	2.36%	1.6%
1997	5,152,011	3,781,300	2.11%	1.32%
1998	5,248,266	3,815,000	1.87%	0.89%
1999	5,340,784	3,835,100	1.76%	0.53%
2000	5,431,212	3,857,700	1.69%	0.59%
2001	5,521,482	3,880,500	1.66%	0.59%
2002	5,610,889	3,948,500	1.62%	1.75%
2003	5,697,945	4,027,200	1.55%	1.99%
2004	5,781,626	4,087,500	1.47%	1.5%
2005	5,869,523	4,133,900	1.52%	1.14%
2006	5,963,200	4,184,600	1.6%	1.23%
2007	6,056,236	4,223,800	1.56%	0.94%
2008	6,148,969	4,259,800	1.53%	0.85%
2009	6,241,642	4,302,600	1.51%	1%
2010	6,334,194	4,350,700	1.48%	1.12%
2011	6,426,590	4,384,000	1.46%	0.77%
2012	6,518,978	4,408,100	1.44%	0.55%
2013	6,611,385	4,442,100	1.42%	0.77%
2014	6,703,172	4,516,500	1.39%	1.67%
2015	6,801,645	4,609,400	1.47%	2.06%
2016	6,908,802	4,714,100	1.58%	2.27%
2017	7,018,147	4,813,600	1.58%	2.11%
2018	7,128,045	4,900,600	1.57%	1.81%
2019	7,237,636	4,970,300	1.54%	1.42%
2020	7,346,533	5,072,400	1.5%	2.05%
2021	7,453,194	5,084,600	1.45%	0.24%
2022	7,559,007	5,081,700	1.42%	-0.06%
2023	7,664,993	5,200,000	1.4%	2.33%
2024	7,769,819	5,287,500	1.37%	1.68%
2025	7,873,043	5,325,989	1.33%	0.73%
2026	7,974,020	5,362,071	1.28%	0.68%
2027	8,072,924	5,395,933	1.24%	0.63%
2028	8,169,794	5,427,327	1.2%	0.58%
2029	8,264,394	5,456,502	1.16%	0.54%
2030	8,357,024	5,483,630	1.12%	0.5%
2031	8,447,769	5,509,118	1.09%	0.46%
2032	8,536,450	5,533,087	1.05%	0.44%
2033	8,622,824	5,555,912	1.01%	0.41%
2034	8,706,826	5,577,658	0.97%	0.39%
2035	8,788,759	5,598,481	0.94%	0.37%
2036	8,868,880	5,618,949	0.91%	0.37%
2037	8,947,241	5,638,796	0.88%	0.35%
2038	9,023,864	5,658,606	0.86%	0.35%
2039	9,097,889	5,677,983	0.82%	0.34%
2040	9,168,998	5,696,537	0.78%	0.33%
2041	9,238,108	5,715,286	0.75%	0.33%
2042	9,305,405	5,733,881	0.73%	0.33%
2043	9,370,049	5,750,997	0.69%	0.3%
2044	9,432,310	5,766,545	0.66%	0.27%
2045	9,492,501	5,780,970	0.64%	0.25%
2046	9,550,341	5,794,046	0.61%	0.23%
2047	9,605,804	5,805,663	0.58%	0.2%
2048	9,659,037	5,816,692	0.55%	0.19%
2049	9,709,614	5,826,512	0.52%	0.17%
2050	9,757,279	5,836,471	0.49%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Laos increased by 945,602 people (a 15.9% growth), while New Zealand gained 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Laos gained 1,066,298 (a 15.4% growth), while New Zealand's population increased by 648,341 (a 13.8% growth).

Laos was ranked 105th most populous country in 2006 and is 103rd in 2026. New Zealand was ranked 122nd in 2006 and ranked 125th 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 New Zealand will increase by 8.84% to 5,836,471 people and rank change from 125th to 122nd.