Population in Laos compared to South Sudan: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Laos and South Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	South Sudan	Laos	South Sudan
1960	2,121,514	2,931,559	-	-
1961	2,169,796	2,976,724	2.28%	1.54%
1962	2,219,910	3,024,308	2.31%	1.6%
1963	2,271,061	3,072,669	2.3%	1.6%
1964	2,322,826	3,129,918	2.28%	1.86%
1965	2,376,200	3,189,835	2.3%	1.91%
1966	2,431,084	3,236,423	2.31%	1.46%
1967	2,487,715	3,277,648	2.33%	1.27%
1968	2,546,377	3,321,528	2.36%	1.34%
1969	2,606,959	3,365,533	2.38%	1.32%
1970	2,669,702	3,409,614	2.41%	1.31%
1971	2,734,628	3,468,646	2.43%	1.73%
1972	2,801,660	3,542,497	2.45%	2.13%
1973	2,870,573	3,627,383	2.46%	2.4%
1974	2,939,761	3,723,259	2.41%	2.64%
1975	3,005,521	3,821,494	2.24%	2.64%
1976	3,064,876	3,921,910	1.97%	2.63%
1977	3,118,923	4,024,032	1.76%	2.6%
1978	3,171,740	4,127,657	1.69%	2.58%
1979	3,228,202	4,232,605	1.78%	2.54%
1980	3,292,573	4,339,030	1.99%	2.51%
1981	3,366,631	4,447,272	2.25%	2.49%
1982	3,450,026	4,557,686	2.48%	2.48%
1983	3,541,001	4,661,574	2.64%	2.28%
1984	3,637,843	4,750,627	2.73%	1.91%
1985	3,739,985	4,834,296	2.81%	1.76%
1986	3,846,715	4,921,240	2.85%	1.8%
1987	3,957,612	4,962,395	2.88%	0.84%
1988	4,072,601	4,848,029	2.91%	-2.3%
1989	4,190,974	4,713,229	2.91%	-2.78%
1990	4,311,955	4,737,633	2.89%	0.52%
1991	4,435,118	4,836,677	2.86%	2.09%
1992	4,559,646	4,909,749	2.81%	1.51%
1993	4,685,060	4,956,002	2.75%	0.94%
1994	4,809,220	5,071,184	2.65%	2.32%
1995	4,929,409	5,225,836	2.5%	3.05%
1996	5,045,678	5,356,925	2.36%	2.51%
1997	5,152,011	5,509,136	2.11%	2.84%
1998	5,248,266	5,620,068	1.87%	2.01%
1999	5,340,784	5,771,628	1.76%	2.7%
2000	5,431,212	6,032,267	1.69%	4.52%
2001	5,521,482	6,308,391	1.66%	4.58%
2002	5,610,889	6,596,806	1.62%	4.57%
2003	5,697,945	6,903,127	1.55%	4.64%
2004	5,781,626	7,233,041	1.47%	4.78%
2005	5,869,523	7,590,143	1.52%	4.94%
2006	5,963,200	7,976,526	1.6%	5.09%
2007	6,056,236	8,388,788	1.56%	5.17%
2008	6,148,969	8,817,647	1.53%	5.11%
2009	6,241,642	9,243,556	1.51%	4.83%
2010	6,334,194	9,745,953	1.48%	5.44%
2011	6,426,590	10,288,109	1.46%	5.56%
2012	6,518,978	10,756,240	1.44%	4.55%
2013	6,611,385	11,166,275	1.42%	3.81%
2014	6,703,172	11,235,073	1.39%	0.62%
2015	6,801,645	11,107,561	1.47%	-1.13%
2016	6,908,802	10,830,102	1.58%	-2.5%
2017	7,018,147	10,259,154	1.58%	-5.27%
2018	7,128,045	10,122,977	1.57%	-1.33%
2019	7,237,636	10,423,384	1.54%	2.97%
2020	7,346,533	10,698,467	1.5%	2.64%
2021	7,453,194	10,865,780	1.45%	1.56%
2022	7,559,007	11,021,177	1.42%	1.43%
2023	7,664,993	11,483,374	1.4%	4.19%
2024	7,769,819	11,943,408	1.37%	4.01%
2025	7,873,043	12,188,793	1.33%	2.05%
2026	7,974,020	12,436,036	1.28%	2.03%
2027	8,072,924	12,687,301	1.24%	2.02%
2028	8,169,794	12,941,503	1.2%	2%
2029	8,264,394	13,198,080	1.16%	1.98%
2030	8,357,024	13,457,446	1.12%	1.97%
2031	8,447,769	13,725,413	1.09%	1.99%
2032	8,536,450	13,996,343	1.05%	1.97%
2033	8,622,824	14,261,762	1.01%	1.9%
2034	8,706,826	14,527,550	0.97%	1.86%
2035	8,788,759	14,798,602	0.94%	1.87%
2036	8,868,880	15,070,098	0.91%	1.83%
2037	8,947,241	15,335,700	0.88%	1.76%
2038	9,023,864	15,595,968	0.86%	1.7%
2039	9,097,889	15,850,696	0.82%	1.63%
2040	9,168,998	16,101,470	0.78%	1.58%
2041	9,238,108	16,350,149	0.75%	1.54%
2042	9,305,405	16,593,361	0.73%	1.49%
2043	9,370,049	16,829,209	0.69%	1.42%
2044	9,432,310	17,060,176	0.66%	1.37%
2045	9,492,501	17,286,412	0.64%	1.33%
2046	9,550,341	17,509,693	0.61%	1.29%
2047	9,605,804	17,728,331	0.58%	1.25%
2048	9,659,037	17,938,437	0.55%	1.19%
2049	9,709,614	18,142,893	0.52%	1.14%
2050	9,757,279	18,341,968	0.49%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Laos increased by 945,602 people (a 15.9% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Laos gained 1,066,298 (a 15.4% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

Laos was ranked 105th most populous country in 2006 and is 103rd in 2026. South Sudan was ranked 92nd in 2006 and ranked 80th 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 South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.