Population in Laos compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Laos and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	Sri Lanka	Laos	Sri Lanka
1960	2,121,514	9,661,389	-	-
1961	2,169,796	9,899,372	2.28%	2.46%
1962	2,219,910	10,143,754	2.31%	2.47%
1963	2,271,061	10,395,040	2.3%	2.48%
1964	2,322,826	10,653,397	2.28%	2.49%
1965	2,376,200	10,916,965	2.3%	2.47%
1966	2,431,084	11,183,928	2.31%	2.45%
1967	2,487,715	11,457,328	2.33%	2.44%
1968	2,546,377	11,736,088	2.36%	2.43%
1969	2,606,959	12,013,858	2.38%	2.37%
1970	2,669,702	12,287,110	2.41%	2.27%
1971	2,734,628	12,551,910	2.43%	2.16%
1972	2,801,660	12,809,205	2.45%	2.05%
1973	2,870,573	13,060,916	2.46%	1.97%
1974	2,939,761	13,305,693	2.41%	1.87%
1975	3,005,521	13,548,984	2.24%	1.83%
1976	3,064,876	13,796,770	1.97%	1.83%
1977	3,118,923	14,049,371	1.76%	1.83%
1978	3,171,740	14,310,128	1.69%	1.86%
1979	3,228,202	14,579,614	1.78%	1.88%
1980	3,292,573	14,847,974	1.99%	1.84%
1981	3,366,631	15,099,414	2.25%	1.69%
1982	3,450,026	15,286,567	2.48%	1.24%
1983	3,541,001	15,388,794	2.64%	0.67%
1984	3,637,843	15,441,860	2.73%	0.34%
1985	3,739,985	15,544,154	2.81%	0.66%
1986	3,846,715	15,731,256	2.85%	1.2%
1987	3,957,612	15,916,576	2.88%	1.18%
1988	4,072,601	16,078,621	2.91%	1.02%
1989	4,190,974	16,248,557	2.91%	1.06%
1990	4,311,955	16,352,458	2.89%	0.64%
1991	4,435,118	16,475,354	2.86%	0.75%
1992	4,559,646	16,739,284	2.81%	1.6%
1993	4,685,060	17,025,918	2.75%	1.71%
1994	4,809,220	17,275,773	2.65%	1.47%
1995	4,929,409	17,564,068	2.5%	1.67%
1996	5,045,678	17,905,018	2.36%	1.94%
1997	5,152,011	18,248,200	2.11%	1.92%
1998	5,248,266	18,596,003	1.87%	1.91%
1999	5,340,784	18,944,731	1.76%	1.88%
2000	5,431,212	19,293,054	1.69%	1.84%
2001	5,521,482	19,600,362	1.66%	1.59%
2002	5,610,889	19,805,752	1.62%	1.05%
2003	5,697,945	19,951,521	1.55%	0.74%
2004	5,781,626	20,087,605	1.47%	0.68%
2005	5,869,523	20,216,524	1.52%	0.64%
2006	5,963,200	20,352,411	1.6%	0.67%
2007	6,056,236	20,492,545	1.56%	0.69%
2008	6,148,969	20,629,378	1.53%	0.67%
2009	6,241,642	20,756,435	1.51%	0.62%
2010	6,334,194	20,879,089	1.48%	0.59%
2011	6,426,590	21,009,048	1.46%	0.62%
2012	6,518,978	21,169,458	1.44%	0.76%
2013	6,611,385	20,585,000	1.42%	-2.76%
2014	6,703,172	20,778,000	1.39%	0.94%
2015	6,801,645	20,970,000	1.47%	0.92%
2016	6,908,802	21,209,000	1.58%	1.14%
2017	7,018,147	21,453,000	1.58%	1.15%
2018	7,128,045	21,670,000	1.57%	1.01%
2019	7,237,636	21,803,000	1.54%	0.61%
2020	7,346,533	21,919,000	1.5%	0.53%
2021	7,453,194	22,156,000	1.45%	1.08%
2022	7,559,007	22,181,000	1.42%	0.11%
2023	7,664,993	22,037,000	1.4%	-0.65%
2024	7,769,819	21,916,000	1.37%	-0.55%
2025	7,873,043	22,035,440	1.33%	0.54%
2026	7,974,020	22,148,172	1.28%	0.51%
2027	8,072,924	22,255,601	1.24%	0.49%
2028	8,169,794	22,357,682	1.2%	0.46%
2029	8,264,394	22,453,922	1.16%	0.43%
2030	8,357,024	22,546,245	1.12%	0.41%
2031	8,447,769	22,635,106	1.09%	0.39%
2032	8,536,450	22,720,118	1.05%	0.38%
2033	8,622,824	22,802,043	1.01%	0.36%
2034	8,706,826	22,879,527	0.97%	0.34%
2035	8,788,759	22,952,739	0.94%	0.32%
2036	8,868,880	23,022,027	0.91%	0.3%
2037	8,947,241	23,088,877	0.88%	0.29%
2038	9,023,864	23,152,480	0.86%	0.28%
2039	9,097,889	23,211,633	0.82%	0.26%
2040	9,168,998	23,265,986	0.78%	0.23%
2041	9,238,108	23,315,260	0.75%	0.21%
2042	9,305,405	23,359,578	0.73%	0.19%
2043	9,370,049	23,398,752	0.69%	0.17%
2044	9,432,310	23,433,096	0.66%	0.15%
2045	9,492,501	23,464,943	0.64%	0.14%
2046	9,550,341	23,492,738	0.61%	0.12%
2047	9,605,804	23,512,629	0.58%	0.08%
2048	9,659,037	23,525,953	0.55%	0.06%
2049	9,709,614	23,533,940	0.52%	0.03%
2050	9,757,279	23,538,230	0.49%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Laos increased by 945,602 people (a 15.9% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Laos gained 1,066,298 (a 15.4% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Laos was ranked 105th most populous country in 2006 and is 103rd in 2026. Sri Lanka was ranked 55th in 2006 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.