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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	Rwanda	Laos	Rwanda
1960	2,121,514	3,022,294	-	-
1961	2,169,796	3,106,779	2.28%	2.8%
1962	2,219,910	3,186,025	2.31%	2.55%
1963	2,271,061	3,258,890	2.3%	2.29%
1964	2,322,826	3,334,834	2.28%	2.33%
1965	2,376,200	3,423,210	2.3%	2.65%
1966	2,431,084	3,521,626	2.31%	2.87%
1967	2,487,715	3,629,577	2.33%	3.07%
1968	2,546,377	3,744,010	2.36%	3.15%
1969	2,606,959	3,861,271	2.38%	3.13%
1970	2,669,702	3,980,669	2.41%	3.09%
1971	2,734,628	4,100,044	2.43%	3%
1972	2,801,660	4,220,335	2.45%	2.93%
1973	2,870,573	4,345,047	2.46%	2.96%
1974	2,939,761	4,474,228	2.41%	2.97%
1975	3,005,521	4,607,728	2.24%	2.98%
1976	3,064,876	4,745,954	1.97%	3%
1977	3,118,923	4,888,240	1.76%	3%
1978	3,171,740	5,035,171	1.69%	3.01%
1979	3,228,202	5,189,541	1.78%	3.07%
1980	3,292,573	5,353,259	1.99%	3.15%
1981	3,366,631	5,527,230	2.25%	3.25%
1982	3,450,026	5,711,549	2.48%	3.33%
1983	3,541,001	5,905,311	2.64%	3.39%
1984	3,637,843	6,107,627	2.73%	3.43%
1985	3,739,985	6,317,228	2.81%	3.43%
1986	3,846,715	6,531,881	2.85%	3.4%
1987	3,957,612	6,749,493	2.88%	3.33%
1988	4,072,601	6,968,071	2.91%	3.24%
1989	4,190,974	7,184,706	2.91%	3.11%
1990	4,311,955	7,375,307	2.89%	2.65%
1991	4,435,118	7,526,966	2.86%	2.06%
1992	4,559,646	7,683,266	2.81%	2.08%
1993	4,685,060	7,981,132	2.75%	3.88%
1994	4,809,220	6,792,352	2.65%	-14.9%
1995	4,929,409	5,674,118	2.5%	-16.5%
1996	5,045,678	6,708,764	2.36%	18.2%
1997	5,152,011	7,755,238	2.11%	15.6%
1998	5,248,266	8,081,681	1.87%	4.21%
1999	5,340,784	8,147,912	1.76%	0.82%
2000	5,431,212	8,213,931	1.69%	0.81%
2001	5,521,482	8,287,094	1.66%	0.89%
2002	5,610,889	8,400,180	1.62%	1.36%
2003	5,697,945	8,586,875	1.55%	2.22%
2004	5,781,626	8,816,844	1.47%	2.68%
2005	5,869,523	9,054,528	1.52%	2.7%
2006	5,963,200	9,299,246	1.6%	2.7%
2007	6,056,236	9,549,933	1.56%	2.7%
2008	6,148,969	9,804,269	1.53%	2.66%
2009	6,241,642	10,060,432	1.51%	2.61%
2010	6,334,194	10,317,553	1.48%	2.56%
2011	6,426,590	10,573,733	1.46%	2.48%
2012	6,518,978	10,829,901	1.44%	2.42%
2013	6,611,385	11,093,340	1.42%	2.43%
2014	6,703,172	11,364,757	1.39%	2.45%
2015	6,801,645	11,640,022	1.47%	2.42%
2016	6,908,802	11,919,183	1.58%	2.4%
2017	7,018,147	12,202,060	1.58%	2.37%
2018	7,128,045	12,487,996	1.57%	2.34%
2019	7,237,636	12,776,103	1.54%	2.31%
2020	7,346,533	13,065,837	1.5%	2.27%
2021	7,453,194	13,355,260	1.45%	2.22%
2022	7,559,007	13,651,030	1.42%	2.21%
2023	7,664,993	13,954,471	1.4%	2.22%
2024	7,769,819	14,256,567	1.37%	2.16%
2025	7,873,043	14,569,343	1.33%	2.19%
2026	7,974,020	14,889,694	1.28%	2.2%
2027	8,072,924	15,214,324	1.24%	2.18%
2028	8,169,794	15,536,461	1.2%	2.12%
2029	8,264,394	15,844,649	1.16%	1.98%
2030	8,357,024	16,154,698	1.12%	1.96%
2031	8,447,769	16,473,106	1.09%	1.97%
2032	8,536,450	16,771,820	1.05%	1.81%
2033	8,622,824	17,073,475	1.01%	1.8%
2034	8,706,826	17,402,250	0.97%	1.93%
2035	8,788,759	17,746,315	0.94%	1.98%
2036	8,868,880	18,076,769	0.91%	1.86%
2037	8,947,241	18,395,838	0.88%	1.77%
2038	9,023,864	18,729,778	0.86%	1.82%
2039	9,097,889	19,076,783	0.82%	1.85%
2040	9,168,998	19,440,762	0.78%	1.91%
2041	9,238,108	19,806,170	0.75%	1.88%
2042	9,305,405	20,153,979	0.73%	1.76%
2043	9,370,049	20,500,826	0.69%	1.72%
2044	9,432,310	20,837,079	0.66%	1.64%
2045	9,492,501	21,152,650	0.64%	1.51%
2046	9,550,341	21,459,144	0.61%	1.45%
2047	9,605,804	21,764,578	0.58%	1.42%
2048	9,659,037	22,086,112	0.55%	1.48%
2049	9,709,614	22,403,887	0.52%	1.44%
2050	9,757,279	22,707,896	0.49%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Laos increased by 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Laos gained 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth).

Laos was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2005 and is still 103rd in 2025. Rwanda was ranked 87th in 2005 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 53.2% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.