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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	North Macedonia	Laos	North Macedonia
1960	2,121,514	1,435,059	-	-
1961	2,169,796	1,455,171	2.28%	1.4%
1962	2,219,910	1,471,745	2.31%	1.14%
1963	2,271,061	1,488,737	2.3%	1.15%
1964	2,322,826	1,510,900	2.28%	1.49%
1965	2,376,200	1,533,466	2.3%	1.49%
1966	2,431,084	1,557,349	2.31%	1.56%
1967	2,487,715	1,582,492	2.33%	1.61%
1968	2,546,377	1,608,930	2.36%	1.67%
1969	2,606,959	1,636,345	2.38%	1.7%
1970	2,669,702	1,664,208	2.41%	1.7%
1971	2,734,628	1,691,216	2.43%	1.62%
1972	2,801,660	1,717,395	2.45%	1.55%
1973	2,870,573	1,743,816	2.46%	1.54%
1974	2,939,761	1,770,545	2.41%	1.53%
1975	3,005,521	1,797,972	2.24%	1.55%
1976	3,064,876	1,825,830	1.97%	1.55%
1977	3,118,923	1,853,138	1.76%	1.5%
1978	3,171,740	1,879,847	1.69%	1.44%
1979	3,228,202	1,906,523	1.78%	1.42%
1980	3,292,573	1,933,038	1.99%	1.39%
1981	3,366,631	1,959,065	2.25%	1.35%
1982	3,450,026	1,978,956	2.48%	1.02%
1983	3,541,001	1,991,901	2.64%	0.65%
1984	3,637,843	2,003,399	2.73%	0.58%
1985	3,739,985	2,014,331	2.81%	0.55%
1986	3,846,715	2,024,732	2.85%	0.52%
1987	3,957,612	2,035,157	2.88%	0.51%
1988	4,072,601	2,045,737	2.91%	0.52%
1989	4,190,974	2,055,649	2.91%	0.48%
1990	4,311,955	2,063,689	2.89%	0.39%
1991	4,435,118	2,055,994	2.86%	-0.37%
1992	4,559,646	2,032,523	2.81%	-1.14%
1993	4,685,060	2,006,854	2.75%	-1.26%
1994	4,809,220	1,992,666	2.65%	-0.71%
1995	4,929,409	1,998,534	2.5%	0.29%
1996	5,045,678	2,012,553	2.36%	0.7%
1997	5,152,011	1,996,869	2.11%	-0.78%
1998	5,248,266	2,007,523	1.87%	0.53%
1999	5,340,784	2,017,142	1.76%	0.48%
2000	5,431,212	2,026,350	1.69%	0.46%
2001	5,521,482	2,034,882	1.66%	0.42%
2002	5,610,889	2,020,157	1.62%	-0.72%
2003	5,697,945	2,022,725	1.55%	0.13%
2004	5,781,626	2,016,186	1.47%	-0.32%
2005	5,869,523	2,005,330	1.52%	-0.54%
2006	5,963,200	1,994,287	1.6%	-0.55%
2007	6,056,236	1,982,933	1.56%	-0.57%
2008	6,148,969	1,971,493	1.53%	-0.58%
2009	6,241,642	1,958,782	1.51%	-0.64%
2010	6,334,194	1,946,298	1.48%	-0.64%
2011	6,426,590	1,937,398	1.46%	-0.46%
2012	6,518,978	1,929,821	1.44%	-0.39%
2013	6,611,385	1,922,716	1.42%	-0.37%
2014	6,703,172	1,917,557	1.39%	-0.27%
2015	6,801,645	1,912,430	1.47%	-0.27%
2016	6,908,802	1,906,313	1.58%	-0.32%
2017	7,018,147	1,898,657	1.58%	-0.4%
2018	7,128,045	1,889,051	1.57%	-0.51%
2019	7,237,636	1,876,262	1.54%	-0.68%
2020	7,346,533	1,856,124	1.5%	-1.07%
2021	7,453,194	1,837,114	1.45%	-1.02%
2022	7,559,007	1,831,712	1.42%	-0.29%
2023	7,664,993	1,827,816	1.4%	-0.21%
2024	7,769,819	1,792,179	1.37%	-1.95%
2025	7,873,043	1,783,115	1.33%	-0.51%
2026	7,974,020	1,773,550	1.28%	-0.54%
2027	8,072,924	1,763,753	1.24%	-0.55%
2028	8,169,794	1,753,839	1.2%	-0.56%
2029	8,264,394	1,743,553	1.16%	-0.59%
2030	8,357,024	1,732,679	1.12%	-0.62%
2031	8,447,769	1,721,421	1.09%	-0.65%
2032	8,536,450	1,710,089	1.05%	-0.66%
2033	8,622,824	1,698,723	1.01%	-0.66%
2034	8,706,826	1,687,185	0.97%	-0.68%
2035	8,788,759	1,675,373	0.94%	-0.7%
2036	8,868,880	1,663,329	0.91%	-0.72%
2037	8,947,241	1,651,095	0.88%	-0.74%
2038	9,023,864	1,638,881	0.86%	-0.74%
2039	9,097,889	1,626,617	0.82%	-0.75%
2040	9,168,998	1,614,140	0.78%	-0.77%
2041	9,238,108	1,601,579	0.75%	-0.78%
2042	9,305,405	1,588,898	0.73%	-0.79%
2043	9,370,049	1,576,060	0.69%	-0.81%
2044	9,432,310	1,563,352	0.66%	-0.81%
2045	9,492,501	1,550,675	0.64%	-0.81%
2046	9,550,341	1,537,866	0.61%	-0.83%
2047	9,605,804	1,525,180	0.58%	-0.82%
2048	9,659,037	1,512,637	0.55%	-0.82%
2049	9,709,614	1,499,950	0.52%	-0.84%
2050	9,757,279	1,487,102	0.49%	-0.86%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Laos increased by 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth), while North Macedonia lost 92,900 people (a 4.63% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Laos gained 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth), while North Macedonia's population decreased by -129,315 (a 6.76% decline).

Laos was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2005 and is still 103rd in 2025. North Macedonia was ranked 141st in 2005 and ranked 150th 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 Macedonia will decrease by 16.6% to 1,487,102 people and rank change from 150th to 155th.