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 2006 to 2016, the population of Laos increased by 945,602 people (a 15.9% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Laos gained 1,066,298 (a 15.4% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

Laos was ranked 105th most populous country in 2006 and is 103rd in 2026. Rwanda was ranked 86th in 2006 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.