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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	Slovakia	Laos	Slovakia
1960	2,121,514	4,068,095	-	-
1961	2,169,796	4,191,667	2.28%	3.04%
1962	2,219,910	4,238,188	2.31%	1.11%
1963	2,271,061	4,282,017	2.3%	1.03%
1964	2,322,826	4,327,341	2.28%	1.06%
1965	2,376,200	4,370,983	2.3%	1.01%
1966	2,431,084	4,411,666	2.31%	0.93%
1967	2,487,715	4,449,367	2.33%	0.85%
1968	2,546,377	4,483,915	2.36%	0.78%
1969	2,606,959	4,518,607	2.38%	0.77%
1970	2,669,702	4,538,223	2.41%	0.43%
1971	2,734,628	4,557,449	2.43%	0.42%
1972	2,801,660	4,596,622	2.45%	0.86%
1973	2,870,573	4,641,445	2.46%	0.98%
1974	2,939,761	4,689,623	2.41%	1.04%
1975	3,005,521	4,739,105	2.24%	1.06%
1976	3,064,876	4,789,507	1.97%	1.06%
1977	3,118,923	4,840,501	1.76%	1.06%
1978	3,171,740	4,890,125	1.69%	1.03%
1979	3,228,202	4,938,973	1.78%	1%
1980	3,292,573	4,979,815	1.99%	0.83%
1981	3,366,631	5,016,105	2.25%	0.73%
1982	3,450,026	5,055,099	2.48%	0.78%
1983	3,541,001	5,091,971	2.64%	0.73%
1984	3,637,843	5,127,097	2.73%	0.69%
1985	3,739,985	5,161,768	2.81%	0.68%
1986	3,846,715	5,193,838	2.85%	0.62%
1987	3,957,612	5,222,840	2.88%	0.56%
1988	4,072,601	5,250,596	2.91%	0.53%
1989	4,190,974	5,275,942	2.91%	0.48%
1990	4,311,955	5,299,187	2.89%	0.44%
1991	4,435,118	5,303,294	2.86%	0.08%
1992	4,559,646	5,305,016	2.81%	0.03%
1993	4,685,060	5,325,305	2.75%	0.38%
1994	4,809,220	5,346,331	2.65%	0.39%
1995	4,929,409	5,361,999	2.5%	0.29%
1996	5,045,678	5,373,361	2.36%	0.21%
1997	5,152,011	5,383,291	2.11%	0.18%
1998	5,248,266	5,390,516	1.87%	0.13%
1999	5,340,784	5,396,020	1.76%	0.1%
2000	5,431,212	5,388,720	1.69%	-0.14%
2001	5,521,482	5,378,867	1.66%	-0.18%
2002	5,610,889	5,376,912	1.62%	-0.04%
2003	5,697,945	5,373,374	1.55%	-0.07%
2004	5,781,626	5,372,280	1.47%	-0.02%
2005	5,869,523	5,372,807	1.52%	0.01%
2006	5,963,200	5,373,054	1.6%	0.005%
2007	6,056,236	5,374,622	1.56%	0.03%
2008	6,148,969	5,379,233	1.53%	0.09%
2009	6,241,642	5,386,406	1.51%	0.13%
2010	6,334,194	5,391,428	1.48%	0.09%
2011	6,426,590	5,398,384	1.46%	0.13%
2012	6,518,978	5,407,579	1.44%	0.17%
2013	6,611,385	5,413,393	1.42%	0.11%
2014	6,703,172	5,418,649	1.39%	0.1%
2015	6,801,645	5,423,801	1.47%	0.1%
2016	6,908,802	5,430,798	1.58%	0.13%
2017	7,018,147	5,439,232	1.58%	0.16%
2018	7,128,045	5,446,771	1.57%	0.14%
2019	7,237,636	5,454,147	1.54%	0.14%
2020	7,346,533	5,458,827	1.5%	0.09%
2021	7,453,194	5,447,247	1.45%	-0.21%
2022	7,559,007	5,431,752	1.42%	-0.28%
2023	7,664,993	5,426,740	1.4%	-0.09%
2024	7,769,819	5,422,069	1.37%	-0.09%
2025	7,873,043	5,390,674	1.33%	-0.58%
2026	7,974,020	5,367,504	1.28%	-0.43%
2027	8,072,924	5,357,756	1.24%	-0.18%
2028	8,169,794	5,346,292	1.2%	-0.21%
2029	8,264,394	5,333,135	1.16%	-0.25%
2030	8,357,024	5,318,323	1.12%	-0.28%
2031	8,447,769	5,302,079	1.09%	-0.31%
2032	8,536,450	5,284,585	1.05%	-0.33%
2033	8,622,824	5,265,970	1.01%	-0.35%
2034	8,706,826	5,246,341	0.97%	-0.37%
2035	8,788,759	5,225,725	0.94%	-0.39%
2036	8,868,880	5,204,191	0.91%	-0.41%
2037	8,947,241	5,181,996	0.88%	-0.43%
2038	9,023,864	5,159,193	0.86%	-0.44%
2039	9,097,889	5,135,906	0.82%	-0.45%
2040	9,168,998	5,112,164	0.78%	-0.46%
2041	9,238,108	5,088,002	0.75%	-0.47%
2042	9,305,405	5,063,600	0.73%	-0.48%
2043	9,370,049	5,038,933	0.69%	-0.49%
2044	9,432,310	5,014,014	0.66%	-0.49%
2045	9,492,501	4,988,989	0.64%	-0.5%
2046	9,550,341	4,963,847	0.61%	-0.5%
2047	9,605,804	4,938,476	0.58%	-0.51%
2048	9,659,037	4,912,885	0.55%	-0.52%
2049	9,709,614	4,886,923	0.52%	-0.53%
2050	9,757,279	4,860,572	0.49%	-0.54%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Laos increased by 945,602 people (a 15.9% growth), while Slovakia gained 57,744 people (a 1.07% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Laos gained 1,066,298 (a 15.4% growth), while Slovakia's population decreased by -63,294 (a 1.17% decline).

Laos was ranked 105th most populous country in 2006 and is 103rd in 2026. Slovakia was ranked 110th in 2006 and ranked 124th 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 Slovakia will decrease by 9.44% to 4,860,572 people and rank change from 124th to 129th.