Population in Laos compared to the Philippines: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Laos and the Philippines: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	Philippines	Laos	Philippines
1960	2,121,514	27,891,897	-	-
1961	2,169,796	28,792,621	2.28%	3.23%
1962	2,219,910	29,723,536	2.31%	3.23%
1963	2,271,061	30,674,731	2.3%	3.2%
1964	2,322,826	31,643,032	2.28%	3.16%
1965	2,376,200	32,625,316	2.3%	3.1%
1966	2,431,084	33,617,170	2.31%	3.04%
1967	2,487,715	34,621,320	2.33%	2.99%
1968	2,546,377	35,638,342	2.36%	2.94%
1969	2,606,959	36,660,799	2.38%	2.87%
1970	2,669,702	37,622,204	2.41%	2.62%
1971	2,734,628	38,518,659	2.43%	2.38%
1972	2,801,660	39,408,560	2.45%	2.31%
1973	2,870,573	40,294,130	2.46%	2.25%
1974	2,939,761	41,174,341	2.41%	2.18%
1975	3,005,521	42,120,826	2.24%	2.3%
1976	3,064,876	43,201,488	1.97%	2.57%
1977	3,118,923	44,367,962	1.76%	2.7%
1978	3,171,740	45,575,281	1.69%	2.72%
1979	3,228,202	46,807,103	1.78%	2.7%
1980	3,292,573	48,043,740	1.99%	2.64%
1981	3,366,631	49,311,727	2.25%	2.64%
1982	3,450,026	50,695,707	2.48%	2.81%
1983	3,541,001	52,194,620	2.64%	2.96%
1984	3,637,843	53,726,181	2.73%	2.93%
1985	3,739,985	55,213,006	2.81%	2.77%
1986	3,846,715	56,645,077	2.85%	2.59%
1987	3,957,612	58,157,496	2.88%	2.67%
1988	4,072,601	59,739,052	2.91%	2.72%
1989	4,190,974	61,265,260	2.91%	2.55%
1990	4,311,955	62,854,666	2.89%	2.59%
1991	4,435,118	64,382,249	2.86%	2.43%
1992	4,559,646	65,926,125	2.81%	2.4%
1993	4,685,060	67,530,621	2.75%	2.43%
1994	4,809,220	69,019,291	2.65%	2.2%
1995	4,929,409	70,546,246	2.5%	2.21%
1996	5,045,678	72,190,242	2.36%	2.33%
1997	5,152,011	73,908,810	2.11%	2.38%
1998	5,248,266	75,791,024	1.87%	2.55%
1999	5,340,784	77,753,257	1.76%	2.59%
2000	5,431,212	79,625,397	1.69%	2.41%
2001	5,521,482	81,401,488	1.66%	2.23%
2002	5,610,889	83,068,889	1.62%	2.05%
2003	5,697,945	84,731,835	1.55%	2%
2004	5,781,626	86,394,504	1.47%	1.96%
2005	5,869,523	88,015,962	1.52%	1.88%
2006	5,963,200	89,508,986	1.6%	1.7%
2007	6,056,236	91,075,184	1.56%	1.75%
2008	6,148,969	92,699,095	1.53%	1.78%
2009	6,241,642	94,384,250	1.51%	1.82%
2010	6,334,194	96,337,125	1.48%	2.07%
2011	6,426,590	98,248,614	1.46%	1.98%
2012	6,518,978	100,175,512	1.44%	1.96%
2013	6,611,385	102,076,336	1.42%	1.9%
2014	6,703,172	103,767,130	1.39%	1.66%
2015	6,801,645	105,312,992	1.47%	1.49%
2016	6,908,802	106,735,719	1.58%	1.35%
2017	7,018,147	108,119,693	1.58%	1.3%
2018	7,128,045	109,465,287	1.57%	1.24%
2019	7,237,636	110,804,683	1.54%	1.22%
2020	7,346,533	112,081,264	1.5%	1.15%
2021	7,453,194	113,100,950	1.45%	0.91%
2022	7,559,007	113,964,338	1.42%	0.76%
2023	7,664,993	114,891,199	1.4%	0.81%
2024	7,769,819	115,843,670	1.37%	0.83%
2025	7,873,043	116,786,968	1.33%	0.81%
2026	7,974,020	117,724,479	1.28%	0.8%
2027	8,072,924	118,656,426	1.24%	0.79%
2028	8,169,794	119,583,984	1.2%	0.78%
2029	8,264,394	120,502,132	1.16%	0.77%
2030	8,357,024	121,408,897	1.12%	0.75%
2031	8,447,769	122,301,606	1.09%	0.74%
2032	8,536,450	123,180,341	1.05%	0.72%
2033	8,622,824	124,049,036	1.01%	0.71%
2034	8,706,826	124,904,124	0.97%	0.69%
2035	8,788,759	125,740,977	0.94%	0.67%
2036	8,868,880	126,558,232	0.91%	0.65%
2037	8,947,241	127,352,607	0.88%	0.63%
2038	9,023,864	128,118,535	0.86%	0.6%
2039	9,097,889	128,850,047	0.82%	0.57%
2040	9,168,998	129,546,666	0.78%	0.54%
2041	9,238,108	130,209,810	0.75%	0.51%
2042	9,305,405	130,837,005	0.73%	0.48%
2043	9,370,049	131,427,404	0.69%	0.45%
2044	9,432,310	131,979,673	0.66%	0.42%
2045	9,492,501	132,492,038	0.64%	0.39%
2046	9,550,341	132,962,001	0.61%	0.35%
2047	9,605,804	133,385,290	0.58%	0.32%
2048	9,659,037	133,759,436	0.55%	0.28%
2049	9,709,614	134,089,011	0.52%	0.25%
2050	9,757,279	134,373,439	0.49%	0.21%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Laos increased by 945,602 people (a 15.9% growth), while the Philippines gained 17,226,733 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Laos gained 1,066,298 (a 15.4% growth), while the Philippines' population increased by 10,998,945 (a 10.3% growth).

Laos was ranked 105th most populous country in 2006 and is 103rd in 2026. The Philippines was ranked 12th in 2006 and ranked 14th 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 the Philippines will increase by 14.1% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th.