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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	Singapore	Laos	Singapore
1960	2,121,514	1,646,400	-	-
1961	2,169,796	1,702,400	2.28%	3.4%
1962	2,219,910	1,750,200	2.31%	2.81%
1963	2,271,061	1,795,000	2.3%	2.56%
1964	2,322,826	1,841,600	2.28%	2.6%
1965	2,376,200	1,886,900	2.3%	2.46%
1966	2,431,084	1,934,400	2.31%	2.52%
1967	2,487,715	1,977,600	2.33%	2.23%
1968	2,546,377	2,012,000	2.36%	1.74%
1969	2,606,959	2,042,500	2.38%	1.52%
1970	2,669,702	2,074,507	2.41%	1.57%
1971	2,734,628	2,112,900	2.43%	1.85%
1972	2,801,660	2,152,400	2.45%	1.87%
1973	2,870,573	2,193,000	2.46%	1.89%
1974	2,939,761	2,229,800	2.41%	1.68%
1975	3,005,521	2,262,600	2.24%	1.47%
1976	3,064,876	2,293,300	1.97%	1.36%
1977	3,118,923	2,325,300	1.76%	1.4%
1978	3,171,740	2,353,600	1.69%	1.22%
1979	3,228,202	2,383,500	1.78%	1.27%
1980	3,292,573	2,413,945	1.99%	1.28%
1981	3,366,631	2,532,835	2.25%	4.93%
1982	3,450,026	2,646,466	2.48%	4.49%
1983	3,541,001	2,681,061	2.64%	1.31%
1984	3,637,843	2,732,221	2.73%	1.91%
1985	3,739,985	2,735,957	2.81%	0.14%
1986	3,846,715	2,733,373	2.85%	-0.09%
1987	3,957,612	2,774,789	2.88%	1.52%
1988	4,072,601	2,846,108	2.91%	2.57%
1989	4,190,974	2,930,901	2.91%	2.98%
1990	4,311,955	3,047,132	2.89%	3.97%
1991	4,435,118	3,135,083	2.86%	2.89%
1992	4,559,646	3,230,698	2.81%	3.05%
1993	4,685,060	3,313,471	2.75%	2.56%
1994	4,809,220	3,419,048	2.65%	3.19%
1995	4,929,409	3,524,506	2.5%	3.08%
1996	5,045,678	3,670,704	2.36%	4.15%
1997	5,152,011	3,796,038	2.11%	3.41%
1998	5,248,266	3,927,213	1.87%	3.46%
1999	5,340,784	3,958,723	1.76%	0.8%
2000	5,431,212	4,027,887	1.69%	1.75%
2001	5,521,482	4,138,012	1.66%	2.73%
2002	5,610,889	4,175,950	1.62%	0.92%
2003	5,697,945	4,114,826	1.55%	-1.46%
2004	5,781,626	4,166,664	1.47%	1.26%
2005	5,869,523	4,265,762	1.52%	2.38%
2006	5,963,200	4,401,365	1.6%	3.18%
2007	6,056,236	4,588,599	1.56%	4.25%
2008	6,148,969	4,839,396	1.53%	5.47%
2009	6,241,642	4,987,573	1.51%	3.06%
2010	6,334,194	5,076,732	1.48%	1.79%
2011	6,426,590	5,183,688	1.46%	2.11%
2012	6,518,978	5,312,437	1.44%	2.48%
2013	6,611,385	5,399,162	1.42%	1.63%
2014	6,703,172	5,469,724	1.39%	1.31%
2015	6,801,645	5,535,002	1.47%	1.19%
2016	6,908,802	5,607,283	1.58%	1.31%
2017	7,018,147	5,612,253	1.58%	0.09%
2018	7,128,045	5,638,676	1.57%	0.47%
2019	7,237,636	5,703,569	1.54%	1.15%
2020	7,346,533	5,685,807	1.5%	-0.31%
2021	7,453,194	5,453,566	1.45%	-4.08%
2022	7,559,007	5,637,022	1.42%	3.36%
2023	7,664,993	5,917,648	1.4%	4.98%
2024	7,769,819	6,036,860	1.37%	2.01%
2025	7,873,043	6,076,565	1.33%	0.66%
2026	7,974,020	6,112,792	1.28%	0.6%
2027	8,072,924	6,147,775	1.24%	0.57%
2028	8,169,794	6,182,764	1.2%	0.57%
2029	8,264,394	6,214,576	1.16%	0.51%
2030	8,357,024	6,242,825	1.12%	0.45%
2031	8,447,769	6,270,800	1.09%	0.45%
2032	8,536,450	6,298,559	1.05%	0.44%
2033	8,622,824	6,325,401	1.01%	0.43%
2034	8,706,826	6,349,852	0.97%	0.39%
2035	8,788,759	6,368,948	0.94%	0.3%
2036	8,868,880	6,383,048	0.91%	0.22%
2037	8,947,241	6,394,813	0.88%	0.18%
2038	9,023,864	6,404,994	0.86%	0.16%
2039	9,097,889	6,411,057	0.82%	0.09%
2040	9,168,998	6,411,962	0.78%	0.01%
2041	9,238,108	6,408,383	0.75%	-0.06%
2042	9,305,405	6,402,235	0.73%	-0.1%
2043	9,370,049	6,394,872	0.69%	-0.12%
2044	9,432,310	6,384,418	0.66%	-0.16%
2045	9,492,501	6,372,013	0.64%	-0.19%
2046	9,550,341	6,358,982	0.61%	-0.2%
2047	9,605,804	6,343,000	0.58%	-0.25%
2048	9,659,037	6,327,523	0.55%	-0.24%
2049	9,709,614	6,312,515	0.52%	-0.24%
2050	9,757,279	6,294,905	0.49%	-0.28%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Laos increased by 945,602 people (a 15.9% growth), while Singapore gained 1,205,918 people (a 27.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Laos gained 1,066,298 (a 15.4% growth), while Singapore's population increased by 505,891 (a 9.02% growth).

Laos was ranked 105th most populous country in 2006 and is 103rd in 2026. Singapore was ranked 117th in 2006 and ranked 113th 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 Singapore will increase by 2.97% to 6,294,905 people and rank change from 113th to 118th.