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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	Sudan	Laos	Sudan
1960	2,121,514	8,364,489	-	-
1961	2,169,796	8,634,941	2.28%	3.23%
1962	2,219,910	8,919,028	2.31%	3.29%
1963	2,271,061	9,218,077	2.3%	3.35%
1964	2,322,826	9,531,109	2.28%	3.4%
1965	2,376,200	9,858,030	2.3%	3.43%
1966	2,431,084	10,197,578	2.31%	3.44%
1967	2,487,715	10,550,597	2.33%	3.46%
1968	2,546,377	10,917,999	2.36%	3.48%
1969	2,606,959	11,298,936	2.38%	3.49%
1970	2,669,702	11,695,771	2.41%	3.51%
1971	2,734,628	12,105,539	2.43%	3.5%
1972	2,801,660	12,527,856	2.45%	3.49%
1973	2,870,573	13,049,315	2.46%	4.16%
1974	2,939,761	13,580,723	2.41%	4.07%
1975	3,005,521	14,064,798	2.24%	3.56%
1976	3,064,876	14,569,716	1.97%	3.59%
1977	3,118,923	15,086,614	1.76%	3.55%
1978	3,171,740	15,695,003	1.69%	4.03%
1979	3,228,202	16,355,352	1.78%	4.21%
1980	3,292,573	17,058,905	1.99%	4.3%
1981	3,366,631	17,780,572	2.25%	4.23%
1982	3,450,026	18,486,645	2.48%	3.97%
1983	3,541,001	19,109,770	2.64%	3.37%
1984	3,637,843	19,546,528	2.73%	2.29%
1985	3,739,985	19,905,872	2.81%	1.84%
1986	3,846,715	20,288,238	2.85%	1.92%
1987	3,957,612	20,704,904	2.88%	2.05%
1988	4,072,601	21,138,431	2.91%	2.09%
1989	4,190,974	21,578,022	2.91%	2.08%
1990	4,311,955	22,021,481	2.89%	2.06%
1991	4,435,118	22,470,676	2.86%	2.04%
1992	4,559,646	22,927,355	2.81%	2.03%
1993	4,685,060	23,445,592	2.75%	2.26%
1994	4,809,220	24,043,948	2.65%	2.55%
1995	4,929,409	24,672,143	2.5%	2.61%
1996	5,045,678	25,231,528	2.36%	2.27%
1997	5,152,011	25,799,821	2.11%	2.25%
1998	5,248,266	26,458,999	1.87%	2.55%
1999	5,340,784	27,130,613	1.76%	2.54%
2000	5,431,212	27,816,745	1.69%	2.53%
2001	5,521,482	28,516,770	1.66%	2.52%
2002	5,610,889	29,228,727	1.62%	2.5%
2003	5,697,945	29,896,035	1.55%	2.28%
2004	5,781,626	30,556,637	1.47%	2.21%
2005	5,869,523	31,262,444	1.52%	2.31%
2006	5,963,200	31,992,435	1.6%	2.34%
2007	6,056,236	32,764,135	1.56%	2.41%
2008	6,148,969	33,623,980	1.53%	2.62%
2009	6,241,642	34,569,113	1.51%	2.81%
2010	6,334,194	35,414,399	1.48%	2.45%
2011	6,426,590	36,140,806	1.46%	2.05%
2012	6,518,978	36,923,178	1.44%	2.16%
2013	6,611,385	37,785,849	1.42%	2.34%
2014	6,703,172	38,823,318	1.39%	2.75%
2015	6,801,645	40,024,431	1.47%	3.09%
2016	6,908,802	41,259,892	1.58%	3.09%
2017	7,018,147	42,714,306	1.58%	3.53%
2018	7,128,045	44,230,596	1.57%	3.55%
2019	7,237,636	45,548,175	1.54%	2.98%
2020	7,346,533	46,789,231	1.5%	2.72%
2021	7,453,194	48,066,924	1.45%	2.73%
2022	7,559,007	49,383,346	1.42%	2.74%
2023	7,664,993	50,042,791	1.4%	1.34%
2024	7,769,819	50,448,963	1.37%	0.81%
2025	7,873,043	51,662,152	1.33%	2.4%
2026	7,974,020	53,282,718	1.28%	3.14%
2027	8,072,924	54,724,215	1.24%	2.71%
2028	8,169,794	55,993,833	1.2%	2.32%
2029	8,264,394	57,275,443	1.16%	2.29%
2030	8,357,024	58,571,624	1.12%	2.26%
2031	8,447,769	59,872,936	1.09%	2.22%
2032	8,536,450	61,179,476	1.05%	2.18%
2033	8,622,824	62,497,205	1.01%	2.15%
2034	8,706,826	63,822,356	0.97%	2.12%
2035	8,788,759	65,148,317	0.94%	2.08%
2036	8,868,880	66,470,018	0.91%	2.03%
2037	8,947,241	67,791,240	0.88%	1.99%
2038	9,023,864	69,107,712	0.86%	1.94%
2039	9,097,889	70,416,631	0.82%	1.89%
2040	9,168,998	71,730,604	0.78%	1.87%
2041	9,238,108	73,056,213	0.75%	1.85%
2042	9,305,405	74,387,562	0.73%	1.82%
2043	9,370,049	75,723,670	0.69%	1.8%
2044	9,432,310	77,066,454	0.66%	1.77%
2045	9,492,501	78,415,205	0.64%	1.75%
2046	9,550,341	79,767,271	0.61%	1.72%
2047	9,605,804	81,115,241	0.58%	1.69%
2048	9,659,037	82,463,202	0.55%	1.66%
2049	9,709,614	83,828,356	0.52%	1.66%
2050	9,757,279	85,206,384	0.49%	1.64%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Laos increased by 945,602 people (a 15.9% growth), while Sudan gained 9,267,457 people (a 29% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Laos gained 1,066,298 (a 15.4% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,038,580 (a 29.2% growth).

Laos was ranked 105th most populous country in 2006 and is 103rd in 2026. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2006 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 59.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.