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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	Nicaragua	Laos	Nicaragua
1960	2,121,514	1,782,370	-	-
1961	2,169,796	1,836,451	2.28%	3.03%
1962	2,219,910	1,892,320	2.31%	3.04%
1963	2,271,061	1,950,159	2.3%	3.06%
1964	2,322,826	2,010,176	2.28%	3.08%
1965	2,376,200	2,072,681	2.3%	3.11%
1966	2,431,084	2,137,820	2.31%	3.14%
1967	2,487,715	2,205,567	2.33%	3.17%
1968	2,546,377	2,275,836	2.36%	3.19%
1969	2,606,959	2,348,398	2.38%	3.19%
1970	2,669,702	2,423,065	2.41%	3.18%
1971	2,734,628	2,499,825	2.43%	3.17%
1972	2,801,660	2,573,578	2.45%	2.95%
1973	2,870,573	2,649,278	2.46%	2.94%
1974	2,939,761	2,732,075	2.41%	3.13%
1975	3,005,521	2,816,943	2.24%	3.11%
1976	3,064,876	2,903,851	1.97%	3.09%
1977	3,118,923	2,992,534	1.76%	3.05%
1978	3,171,740	3,080,314	1.69%	2.93%
1979	3,228,202	3,164,525	1.78%	2.73%
1980	3,292,573	3,252,403	1.99%	2.78%
1981	3,366,631	3,345,674	2.25%	2.87%
1982	3,450,026	3,438,745	2.48%	2.78%
1983	3,541,001	3,530,282	2.64%	2.66%
1984	3,637,843	3,619,104	2.73%	2.52%
1985	3,739,985	3,706,479	2.81%	2.41%
1986	3,846,715	3,794,157	2.85%	2.37%
1987	3,957,612	3,882,164	2.88%	2.32%
1988	4,072,601	3,972,320	2.91%	2.32%
1989	4,190,974	4,066,476	2.91%	2.37%
1990	4,311,955	4,162,559	2.89%	2.36%
1991	4,435,118	4,259,637	2.86%	2.33%
1992	4,559,646	4,357,026	2.81%	2.29%
1993	4,685,060	4,453,732	2.75%	2.22%
1994	4,809,220	4,549,316	2.65%	2.15%
1995	4,929,409	4,642,931	2.5%	2.06%
1996	5,045,678	4,729,974	2.36%	1.87%
1997	5,152,011	4,809,573	2.11%	1.68%
1998	5,248,266	4,883,655	1.87%	1.54%
1999	5,340,784	4,954,018	1.76%	1.44%
2000	5,431,212	5,022,633	1.69%	1.39%
2001	5,521,482	5,087,825	1.66%	1.3%
2002	5,610,889	5,149,909	1.62%	1.22%
2003	5,697,945	5,210,963	1.55%	1.19%
2004	5,781,626	5,272,912	1.47%	1.19%
2005	5,869,523	5,342,105	1.52%	1.31%
2006	5,963,200	5,418,855	1.6%	1.44%
2007	6,056,236	5,497,243	1.56%	1.45%
2008	6,148,969	5,576,593	1.53%	1.44%
2009	6,241,642	5,656,601	1.51%	1.43%
2010	6,334,194	5,737,450	1.48%	1.43%
2011	6,426,590	5,819,051	1.46%	1.42%
2012	6,518,978	5,901,287	1.44%	1.41%
2013	6,611,385	5,983,845	1.42%	1.4%
2014	6,703,172	6,066,492	1.39%	1.38%
2015	6,801,645	6,149,417	1.47%	1.37%
2016	6,908,802	6,232,666	1.58%	1.35%
2017	7,018,147	6,316,231	1.58%	1.34%
2018	7,128,045	6,400,080	1.57%	1.33%
2019	7,237,636	6,483,657	1.54%	1.31%
2020	7,346,533	6,565,267	1.5%	1.26%
2021	7,453,194	6,644,741	1.45%	1.21%
2022	7,559,007	6,730,654	1.42%	1.29%
2023	7,664,993	6,823,613	1.4%	1.38%
2024	7,769,819	6,916,140	1.37%	1.36%
2025	7,873,043	7,007,511	1.33%	1.32%
2026	7,974,020	7,097,335	1.28%	1.28%
2027	8,072,924	7,185,724	1.24%	1.25%
2028	8,169,794	7,272,691	1.2%	1.21%
2029	8,264,394	7,358,003	1.16%	1.17%
2030	8,357,024	7,441,612	1.12%	1.14%
2031	8,447,769	7,523,773	1.09%	1.1%
2032	8,536,450	7,604,398	1.05%	1.07%
2033	8,622,824	7,683,391	1.01%	1.04%
2034	8,706,826	7,760,901	0.97%	1.01%
2035	8,788,759	7,836,706	0.94%	0.98%
2036	8,868,880	7,910,787	0.91%	0.95%
2037	8,947,241	7,983,295	0.88%	0.92%
2038	9,023,864	8,054,140	0.86%	0.89%
2039	9,097,889	8,122,959	0.82%	0.85%
2040	9,168,998	8,189,916	0.78%	0.82%
2041	9,238,108	8,255,163	0.75%	0.8%
2042	9,305,405	8,318,515	0.73%	0.77%
2043	9,370,049	8,380,014	0.69%	0.74%
2044	9,432,310	8,439,720	0.66%	0.71%
2045	9,492,501	8,497,618	0.64%	0.69%
2046	9,550,341	8,553,413	0.61%	0.66%
2047	9,605,804	8,607,283	0.58%	0.63%
2048	9,659,037	8,659,292	0.55%	0.6%
2049	9,709,614	8,708,929	0.52%	0.57%
2050	9,757,279	8,756,439	0.49%	0.55%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Laos increased by 945,602 people (a 15.9% growth), while Nicaragua gained 813,811 people (a 15% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Laos gained 1,066,298 (a 15.4% growth), while Nicaragua's population increased by 865,635 (a 13.9% growth).

Laos was ranked 105th most populous country in 2006 and is 103rd in 2026. Nicaragua was ranked 109th in 2006 and ranked 107th 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 Nicaragua will increase by 23.4% to 8,756,439 people and rank change from 107th to 109th.