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 2005 to 2015, the population of Laos increased by 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth), while Singapore gained 1,269,240 people (a 29.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Laos gained 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth), while Singapore's population increased by 570,663 (a 10.3% growth).

Laos was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2005 and is still 103rd in 2025. Singapore was ranked 119th in 2005 and ranked 113th 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 Singapore will increase by 3.1% to 6,294,905 people and rank change from 113th to 118th.