Population in Laos compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Laos and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	Sierra Leone	Laos	Sierra Leone
1960	2,121,514	2,268,356	-	-
1961	2,169,796	2,304,227	2.28%	1.58%
1962	2,219,910	2,342,242	2.31%	1.65%
1963	2,271,061	2,382,258	2.3%	1.71%
1964	2,322,826	2,424,390	2.28%	1.77%
1965	2,376,200	2,468,666	2.3%	1.83%
1966	2,431,084	2,514,638	2.31%	1.86%
1967	2,487,715	2,562,384	2.33%	1.9%
1968	2,546,377	2,611,532	2.36%	1.92%
1969	2,606,959	2,661,365	2.38%	1.91%
1970	2,669,702	2,712,286	2.41%	1.91%
1971	2,734,628	2,763,222	2.43%	1.88%
1972	2,801,660	2,814,388	2.45%	1.85%
1973	2,870,573	2,866,955	2.46%	1.87%
1974	2,939,761	2,920,459	2.41%	1.87%
1975	3,005,521	2,974,657	2.24%	1.86%
1976	3,064,876	3,028,820	1.97%	1.82%
1977	3,118,923	3,085,354	1.76%	1.87%
1978	3,171,740	3,145,517	1.69%	1.95%
1979	3,228,202	3,207,499	1.78%	1.97%
1980	3,292,573	3,272,089	1.99%	2.01%
1981	3,366,631	3,338,940	2.25%	2.04%
1982	3,450,026	3,408,183	2.48%	2.07%
1983	3,541,001	3,481,646	2.64%	2.16%
1984	3,637,843	3,558,758	2.73%	2.21%
1985	3,739,985	3,638,438	2.81%	2.24%
1986	3,846,715	3,728,380	2.85%	2.47%
1987	3,957,612	3,829,718	2.88%	2.72%
1988	4,072,601	3,934,517	2.91%	2.74%
1989	4,190,974	4,034,037	2.91%	2.53%
1990	4,311,955	4,196,828	2.89%	4.04%
1991	4,435,118	4,246,267	2.86%	1.18%
1992	4,559,646	4,166,366	2.81%	-1.88%
1993	4,685,060	4,157,130	2.75%	-0.22%
1994	4,809,220	4,173,105	2.65%	0.38%
1995	4,929,409	4,179,179	2.5%	0.15%
1996	5,045,678	4,199,210	2.36%	0.48%
1997	5,152,011	4,253,716	2.11%	1.3%
1998	5,248,266	4,295,785	1.87%	0.99%
1999	5,340,784	4,318,043	1.76%	0.52%
2000	5,431,212	4,423,611	1.69%	2.44%
2001	5,521,482	4,692,716	1.66%	6.08%
2002	5,610,889	4,971,435	1.62%	5.94%
2003	5,697,945	5,177,687	1.55%	4.15%
2004	5,781,626	5,355,717	1.47%	3.44%
2005	5,869,523	5,501,712	1.52%	2.73%
2006	5,963,200	5,624,466	1.6%	2.23%
2007	6,056,236	5,749,352	1.56%	2.22%
2008	6,148,969	5,894,722	1.53%	2.53%
2009	6,241,642	6,055,646	1.51%	2.73%
2010	6,334,194	6,222,714	1.48%	2.76%
2011	6,426,590	6,387,251	1.46%	2.64%
2012	6,518,978	6,551,080	1.44%	2.56%
2013	6,611,385	6,714,051	1.42%	2.49%
2014	6,703,172	6,876,385	1.39%	2.42%
2015	6,801,645	7,037,655	1.47%	2.35%
2016	6,908,802	7,205,328	1.58%	2.38%
2017	7,018,147	7,379,299	1.58%	2.41%
2018	7,128,045	7,554,563	1.57%	2.38%
2019	7,237,636	7,731,991	1.54%	2.35%
2020	7,346,533	7,912,558	1.5%	2.34%
2021	7,453,194	8,094,602	1.45%	2.3%
2022	7,559,007	8,276,807	1.42%	2.25%
2023	7,664,993	8,460,512	1.4%	2.22%
2024	7,769,819	8,642,022	1.37%	2.15%
2025	7,873,043	8,819,789	1.33%	2.06%
2026	7,974,020	8,996,743	1.28%	2.01%
2027	8,072,924	9,174,695	1.24%	1.98%
2028	8,169,794	9,349,021	1.2%	1.9%
2029	8,264,394	9,520,811	1.16%	1.84%
2030	8,357,024	9,694,851	1.12%	1.83%
2031	8,447,769	9,870,295	1.09%	1.81%
2032	8,536,450	10,047,193	1.05%	1.79%
2033	8,622,824	10,221,006	1.01%	1.73%
2034	8,706,826	10,391,485	0.97%	1.67%
2035	8,788,759	10,563,163	0.94%	1.65%
2036	8,868,880	10,734,341	0.91%	1.62%
2037	8,947,241	10,902,263	0.88%	1.56%
2038	9,023,864	11,066,143	0.86%	1.5%
2039	9,097,889	11,230,060	0.82%	1.48%
2040	9,168,998	11,398,391	0.78%	1.5%
2041	9,238,108	11,566,213	0.75%	1.47%
2042	9,305,405	11,728,787	0.73%	1.41%
2043	9,370,049	11,887,934	0.69%	1.36%
2044	9,432,310	12,049,424	0.66%	1.36%
2045	9,492,501	12,208,872	0.64%	1.32%
2046	9,550,341	12,363,446	0.61%	1.27%
2047	9,605,804	12,512,739	0.58%	1.21%
2048	9,659,037	12,659,609	0.55%	1.17%
2049	9,709,614	12,805,136	0.52%	1.15%
2050	9,757,279	12,948,320	0.49%	1.12%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Laos increased by 945,602 people (a 15.9% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Laos gained 1,066,298 (a 15.4% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).

Laos was ranked 105th most populous country in 2006 and is 103rd in 2026. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2006 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.