Population in Laos compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Laos and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	North Korea	Laos	North Korea
1960	2,121,514	11,722,953	-	-
1961	2,169,796	11,990,713	2.28%	2.28%
1962	2,219,910	12,262,882	2.31%	2.27%
1963	2,271,061	12,567,057	2.3%	2.48%
1964	2,322,826	12,889,770	2.28%	2.57%
1965	2,376,200	13,219,369	2.3%	2.56%
1966	2,431,084	13,569,094	2.31%	2.65%
1967	2,487,715	13,958,350	2.33%	2.87%
1968	2,546,377	14,365,596	2.36%	2.92%
1969	2,606,959	14,767,615	2.38%	2.8%
1970	2,669,702	15,172,775	2.41%	2.74%
1971	2,734,628	15,572,457	2.43%	2.63%
1972	2,801,660	15,975,069	2.45%	2.59%
1973	2,870,573	16,350,367	2.46%	2.35%
1974	2,939,761	16,673,121	2.41%	1.97%
1975	3,005,521	16,971,055	2.24%	1.79%
1976	3,064,876	17,243,450	1.97%	1.61%
1977	3,118,923	17,492,798	1.76%	1.45%
1978	3,171,740	17,735,995	1.69%	1.39%
1979	3,228,202	17,983,470	1.78%	1.4%
1980	3,292,573	18,236,786	1.99%	1.41%
1981	3,366,631	18,501,295	2.25%	1.45%
1982	3,450,026	18,776,357	2.48%	1.49%
1983	3,541,001	19,054,034	2.64%	1.48%
1984	3,637,843	19,335,043	2.73%	1.47%
1985	3,739,985	19,620,388	2.81%	1.48%
1986	3,846,715	19,910,855	2.85%	1.48%
1987	3,957,612	20,205,483	2.88%	1.48%
1988	4,072,601	20,503,161	2.91%	1.47%
1989	4,190,974	20,804,367	2.91%	1.47%
1990	4,311,955	21,112,137	2.89%	1.48%
1991	4,435,118	21,428,638	2.86%	1.5%
1992	4,559,646	21,750,911	2.81%	1.5%
1993	4,685,060	22,073,352	2.75%	1.48%
1994	4,809,220	22,393,975	2.65%	1.45%
1995	4,929,409	22,669,304	2.5%	1.23%
1996	5,045,678	22,895,746	2.36%	1%
1997	5,152,011	23,110,830	2.11%	0.94%
1998	5,248,266	23,311,564	1.87%	0.87%
1999	5,340,784	23,497,599	1.76%	0.8%
2000	5,431,212	23,665,910	1.69%	0.72%
2001	5,521,482	23,815,358	1.66%	0.63%
2002	5,610,889	23,943,973	1.62%	0.54%
2003	5,697,945	24,090,380	1.55%	0.61%
2004	5,781,626	24,254,943	1.47%	0.68%
2005	5,869,523	24,396,433	1.52%	0.58%
2006	5,963,200	24,524,507	1.6%	0.52%
2007	6,056,236	24,646,383	1.56%	0.5%
2008	6,148,969	24,764,618	1.53%	0.48%
2009	6,241,642	24,878,332	1.51%	0.46%
2010	6,334,194	24,987,258	1.48%	0.44%
2011	6,426,590	25,097,874	1.46%	0.44%
2012	6,518,978	25,211,728	1.44%	0.45%
2013	6,611,385	25,329,451	1.42%	0.47%
2014	6,703,172	25,451,262	1.39%	0.48%
2015	6,801,645	25,575,350	1.47%	0.49%
2016	6,908,802	25,698,326	1.58%	0.48%
2017	7,018,147	25,817,709	1.58%	0.46%
2018	7,128,045	25,931,147	1.57%	0.44%
2019	7,237,636	26,037,632	1.54%	0.41%
2020	7,346,533	26,136,312	1.5%	0.38%
2021	7,453,194	26,232,534	1.45%	0.37%
2022	7,559,007	26,328,845	1.42%	0.37%
2023	7,664,993	26,418,204	1.4%	0.34%
2024	7,769,819	26,498,823	1.37%	0.31%
2025	7,873,043	26,571,033	1.33%	0.27%
2026	7,974,020	26,633,682	1.28%	0.24%
2027	8,072,924	26,686,492	1.24%	0.2%
2028	8,169,794	26,729,261	1.2%	0.16%
2029	8,264,394	26,762,008	1.16%	0.12%
2030	8,357,024	26,784,894	1.12%	0.09%
2031	8,447,769	26,797,946	1.09%	0.05%
2032	8,536,450	26,801,071	1.05%	0.01%
2033	8,622,824	26,795,061	1.01%	-0.02%
2034	8,706,826	26,780,481	0.97%	-0.05%
2035	8,788,759	26,757,705	0.94%	-0.09%
2036	8,868,880	26,727,309	0.91%	-0.11%
2037	8,947,241	26,689,907	0.88%	-0.14%
2038	9,023,864	26,646,323	0.86%	-0.16%
2039	9,097,889	26,596,967	0.82%	-0.19%
2040	9,168,998	26,542,417	0.78%	-0.21%
2041	9,238,108	26,483,475	0.75%	-0.22%
2042	9,305,405	26,420,812	0.73%	-0.24%
2043	9,370,049	26,354,324	0.69%	-0.25%
2044	9,432,310	26,284,000	0.66%	-0.27%
2045	9,492,501	26,210,196	0.64%	-0.28%
2046	9,550,341	26,132,922	0.61%	-0.29%
2047	9,605,804	26,052,086	0.58%	-0.31%
2048	9,659,037	25,967,581	0.55%	-0.32%
2049	9,709,614	25,879,244	0.52%	-0.34%
2050	9,757,279	25,787,120	0.49%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Laos increased by 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Laos gained 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Laos was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2005 and is still 103rd in 2025. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2005 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.