Population in Laos compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Laos and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	Papua New Guinea	Laos	Papua New Guinea
1960	2,121,514	1,995,110	-	-
1961	2,169,796	2,046,127	2.28%	2.56%
1962	2,219,910	2,093,919	2.31%	2.34%
1963	2,271,061	2,141,376	2.3%	2.27%
1964	2,322,826	2,188,325	2.28%	2.19%
1965	2,376,200	2,235,820	2.3%	2.17%
1966	2,431,084	2,285,774	2.31%	2.23%
1967	2,487,715	2,337,532	2.33%	2.26%
1968	2,546,377	2,390,803	2.36%	2.28%
1969	2,606,959	2,446,927	2.38%	2.35%
1970	2,669,702	2,505,628	2.41%	2.4%
1971	2,734,628	2,566,421	2.43%	2.43%
1972	2,801,660	2,628,432	2.45%	2.42%
1973	2,870,573	2,690,629	2.46%	2.37%
1974	2,939,761	2,752,671	2.41%	2.31%
1975	3,005,521	2,814,820	2.24%	2.26%
1976	3,064,876	2,877,327	1.97%	2.22%
1977	3,118,923	2,940,327	1.76%	2.19%
1978	3,171,740	3,003,714	1.69%	2.16%
1979	3,228,202	3,067,341	1.78%	2.12%
1980	3,292,573	3,131,512	1.99%	2.09%
1981	3,366,631	3,197,019	2.25%	2.09%
1982	3,450,026	3,264,291	2.48%	2.1%
1983	3,541,001	3,333,633	2.64%	2.12%
1984	3,637,843	3,405,198	2.73%	2.15%
1985	3,739,985	3,478,936	2.81%	2.17%
1986	3,846,715	3,554,793	2.85%	2.18%
1987	3,957,612	3,632,543	2.88%	2.19%
1988	4,072,601	3,711,880	2.91%	2.18%
1989	4,190,974	3,796,078	2.91%	2.27%
1990	4,311,955	3,896,481	2.89%	2.64%
1991	4,435,118	4,021,837	2.86%	3.22%
1992	4,559,646	4,166,699	2.81%	3.6%
1993	4,685,060	4,320,872	2.75%	3.7%
1994	4,809,220	4,480,208	2.65%	3.69%
1995	4,929,409	4,644,278	2.5%	3.66%
1996	5,045,678	4,813,361	2.36%	3.64%
1997	5,152,011	4,987,883	2.11%	3.63%
1998	5,248,266	5,166,390	1.87%	3.58%
1999	5,340,784	5,349,333	1.76%	3.54%
2000	5,431,212	5,537,064	1.69%	3.51%
2001	5,521,482	5,728,435	1.66%	3.46%
2002	5,610,889	5,924,003	1.62%	3.41%
2003	5,697,945	6,123,997	1.55%	3.38%
2004	5,781,626	6,328,041	1.47%	3.33%
2005	5,869,523	6,535,905	1.52%	3.28%
2006	5,963,200	6,747,720	1.6%	3.24%
2007	6,056,236	6,963,345	1.56%	3.2%
2008	6,148,969	7,183,002	1.53%	3.15%
2009	6,241,642	7,406,438	1.51%	3.11%
2010	6,334,194	7,633,523	1.48%	3.07%
2011	6,426,590	7,859,346	1.46%	2.96%
2012	6,518,978	8,081,390	1.44%	2.83%
2013	6,611,385	8,302,698	1.42%	2.74%
2014	6,703,172	8,523,441	1.39%	2.66%
2015	6,801,645	8,743,246	1.47%	2.58%
2016	6,908,802	8,961,718	1.58%	2.5%
2017	7,018,147	9,178,714	1.58%	2.42%
2018	7,128,045	9,394,513	1.57%	2.35%
2019	7,237,636	9,609,010	1.54%	2.28%
2020	7,346,533	9,815,746	1.5%	2.15%
2021	7,453,194	10,012,896	1.45%	2.01%
2022	7,559,007	10,203,169	1.42%	1.9%
2023	7,664,993	10,389,635	1.4%	1.83%
2024	7,769,819	10,576,502	1.37%	1.8%
2025	7,873,043	10,762,813	1.33%	1.76%
2026	7,974,020	10,947,845	1.28%	1.72%
2027	8,072,924	11,131,268	1.24%	1.68%
2028	8,169,794	11,312,895	1.2%	1.63%
2029	8,264,394	11,492,799	1.16%	1.59%
2030	8,357,024	11,671,420	1.12%	1.55%
2031	8,447,769	11,848,221	1.09%	1.51%
2032	8,536,450	12,023,121	1.05%	1.48%
2033	8,622,824	12,196,639	1.01%	1.44%
2034	8,706,826	12,369,248	0.97%	1.42%
2035	8,788,759	12,540,596	0.94%	1.39%
2036	8,868,880	12,710,682	0.91%	1.36%
2037	8,947,241	12,879,737	0.88%	1.33%
2038	9,023,864	13,047,122	0.86%	1.3%
2039	9,097,889	13,212,668	0.82%	1.27%
2040	9,168,998	13,376,156	0.78%	1.24%
2041	9,238,108	13,537,361	0.75%	1.21%
2042	9,305,405	13,696,139	0.73%	1.17%
2043	9,370,049	13,853,410	0.69%	1.15%
2044	9,432,310	14,009,926	0.66%	1.13%
2045	9,492,501	14,165,578	0.64%	1.11%
2046	9,550,341	14,318,889	0.61%	1.08%
2047	9,605,804	14,469,210	0.58%	1.05%
2048	9,659,037	14,617,364	0.55%	1.02%
2049	9,709,614	14,763,600	0.52%	1%
2050	9,757,279	14,906,584	0.49%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Laos increased by 945,602 people (a 15.9% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Laos gained 1,066,298 (a 15.4% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

Laos was ranked 105th most populous country in 2006 and is 103rd in 2026. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2006 and ranked 89th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.