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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	Nigeria	Laos	Nigeria
1960	2,121,514	45,053,782	-	-
1961	2,169,796	45,989,310	2.28%	2.08%
1962	2,219,910	46,965,292	2.31%	2.12%
1963	2,271,061	47,973,575	2.3%	2.15%
1964	2,322,826	49,012,016	2.28%	2.16%
1965	2,376,200	50,086,764	2.3%	2.19%
1966	2,431,084	51,188,234	2.31%	2.2%
1967	2,487,715	52,293,065	2.33%	2.16%
1968	2,546,377	53,432,783	2.36%	2.18%
1969	2,606,959	54,631,914	2.38%	2.24%
1970	2,669,702	55,893,838	2.41%	2.31%
1971	2,734,628	57,214,684	2.43%	2.36%
1972	2,801,660	58,601,748	2.45%	2.42%
1973	2,870,573	60,082,139	2.46%	2.53%
1974	2,939,761	61,679,144	2.41%	2.66%
1975	3,005,521	63,410,815	2.24%	2.81%
1976	3,064,876	65,258,009	1.97%	2.91%
1977	3,118,923	67,234,590	1.76%	3.03%
1978	3,171,740	69,326,532	1.69%	3.11%
1979	3,228,202	71,498,242	1.78%	3.13%
1980	3,292,573	73,764,641	1.99%	3.17%
1981	3,366,631	76,068,103	2.25%	3.12%
1982	3,450,026	78,378,701	2.48%	3.04%
1983	3,541,001	80,438,260	2.64%	2.63%
1984	3,637,843	82,526,443	2.73%	2.6%
1985	3,739,985	84,897,973	2.81%	2.87%
1986	3,846,715	87,235,953	2.85%	2.75%
1987	3,957,612	89,591,716	2.88%	2.7%
1988	4,072,601	92,020,090	2.91%	2.71%
1989	4,190,974	94,531,014	2.91%	2.73%
1990	4,311,955	97,120,925	2.89%	2.74%
1991	4,435,118	99,720,162	2.86%	2.68%
1992	4,559,646	102,372,770	2.81%	2.66%
1993	4,685,060	105,122,069	2.75%	2.69%
1994	4,809,220	107,935,714	2.65%	2.68%
1995	4,929,409	110,819,428	2.5%	2.67%
1996	5,045,678	113,754,779	2.36%	2.65%
1997	5,152,011	116,754,792	2.11%	2.64%
1998	5,248,266	119,846,254	1.87%	2.65%
1999	5,340,784	123,047,320	1.76%	2.67%
2000	5,431,212	126,382,494	1.69%	2.71%
2001	5,521,482	129,862,595	1.66%	2.75%
2002	5,610,889	133,471,989	1.62%	2.78%
2003	5,697,945	137,202,644	1.55%	2.8%
2004	5,781,626	141,057,045	1.47%	2.81%
2005	5,869,523	145,017,253	1.52%	2.81%
2006	5,963,200	149,077,334	1.6%	2.8%
2007	6,056,236	153,267,261	1.56%	2.81%
2008	6,148,969	157,595,014	1.53%	2.82%
2009	6,241,642	162,049,464	1.51%	2.83%
2010	6,334,194	166,642,886	1.48%	2.83%
2011	6,426,590	171,379,598	1.46%	2.84%
2012	6,518,978	176,200,625	1.44%	2.81%
2013	6,611,385	181,049,443	1.42%	2.75%
2014	6,703,172	185,896,915	1.39%	2.68%
2015	6,801,645	190,671,878	1.47%	2.57%
2016	6,908,802	195,443,700	1.58%	2.5%
2017	7,018,147	200,254,579	1.58%	2.46%
2018	7,128,045	204,938,755	1.57%	2.34%
2019	7,237,636	209,485,641	1.54%	2.22%
2020	7,346,533	213,996,181	1.5%	2.15%
2021	7,453,194	218,529,286	1.45%	2.12%
2022	7,559,007	223,150,896	1.42%	2.11%
2023	7,664,993	227,882,945	1.4%	2.12%
2024	7,769,819	232,679,478	1.37%	2.1%
2025	7,873,043	237,527,783	1.33%	2.08%
2026	7,974,020	242,431,830	1.28%	2.06%
2027	8,072,924	247,374,258	1.24%	2.04%
2028	8,169,794	252,346,128	1.2%	2.01%
2029	8,264,394	257,352,638	1.16%	1.98%
2030	8,357,024	262,380,975	1.12%	1.95%
2031	8,447,769	267,421,079	1.09%	1.92%
2032	8,536,450	272,483,635	1.05%	1.89%
2033	8,622,824	277,555,116	1.01%	1.86%
2034	8,706,826	282,622,388	0.97%	1.83%
2035	8,788,759	287,685,757	0.94%	1.79%
2036	8,868,880	292,739,390	0.91%	1.76%
2037	8,947,241	297,773,236	0.88%	1.72%
2038	9,023,864	302,782,350	0.86%	1.68%
2039	9,097,889	307,764,754	0.82%	1.65%
2040	9,168,998	312,710,403	0.78%	1.61%
2041	9,238,108	317,607,237	0.75%	1.57%
2042	9,305,405	322,450,302	0.73%	1.52%
2043	9,370,049	327,243,941	0.69%	1.49%
2044	9,432,310	331,983,354	0.66%	1.45%
2045	9,492,501	336,662,502	0.64%	1.41%
2046	9,550,341	341,281,757	0.61%	1.37%
2047	9,605,804	345,844,004	0.58%	1.34%
2048	9,659,037	350,347,757	0.55%	1.3%
2049	9,709,614	354,792,418	0.52%	1.27%
2050	9,757,279	359,185,550	0.49%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Laos increased by 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Laos gained 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Laos was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2005 and is still 103rd in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.