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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	Taiwan	Laos	Taiwan
1960	2,121,514	-	-	-
1961	2,169,796	11,030,385	2.28%	-
1962	2,219,910	11,392,513	2.31%	3.28%
1963	2,271,061	11,762,101	2.3%	3.24%
1964	2,322,826	12,137,143	2.28%	3.19%
1965	2,376,200	12,511,863	2.3%	3.09%
1966	2,431,084	12,874,153	2.31%	2.9%
1967	2,487,715	13,210,344	2.33%	2.61%
1968	2,546,377	13,548,537	2.36%	2.56%
1969	2,606,959	14,068,984	2.38%	3.84%
1970	2,669,702	14,582,944	2.41%	3.65%
1971	2,734,628	14,913,564	2.43%	2.27%
1972	2,801,660	15,220,495	2.45%	2.06%
1973	2,870,573	15,505,121	2.46%	1.87%
1974	2,939,761	15,784,817	2.41%	1.8%
1975	3,005,521	16,075,128	2.24%	1.84%
1976	3,064,876	16,401,413	1.97%	2.03%
1977	3,118,923	16,730,895	1.76%	2.01%
1978	3,171,740	17,042,272	1.69%	1.86%
1979	3,228,202	17,372,779	1.78%	1.94%
1980	3,292,573	17,704,538	1.99%	1.91%
1981	3,366,631	18,029,982	2.25%	1.84%
1982	3,450,026	18,354,855	2.48%	1.8%
1983	3,541,001	18,653,146	2.64%	1.63%
1984	3,637,843	18,929,866	2.73%	1.48%
1985	3,739,985	19,191,510	2.81%	1.38%
1986	3,846,715	19,411,454	2.85%	1.15%
1987	3,957,612	19,617,046	2.88%	1.06%
1988	4,072,601	19,839,704	2.91%	1.14%
1989	4,190,974	20,055,492	2.91%	1.09%
1990	4,311,955	20,278,946	2.89%	1.11%
1991	4,435,118	20,503,568	2.86%	1.11%
1992	4,559,646	20,704,227	2.81%	0.98%
1993	4,685,060	20,899,019	2.75%	0.94%
1994	4,809,220	21,086,645	2.65%	0.9%
1995	4,929,409	21,267,653	2.5%	0.86%
1996	5,045,678	21,441,432	2.36%	0.82%
1997	5,152,011	21,634,124	2.11%	0.9%
1998	5,248,266	21,835,703	1.87%	0.93%
1999	5,340,784	22,010,489	1.76%	0.8%
2000	5,431,212	22,184,530	1.69%	0.79%
2001	5,521,482	22,341,120	1.66%	0.71%
2002	5,610,889	22,463,172	1.62%	0.55%
2003	5,697,945	22,562,663	1.55%	0.44%
2004	5,781,626	22,646,836	1.47%	0.37%
2005	5,869,523	22,729,753	1.52%	0.37%
2006	5,963,200	22,823,455	1.6%	0.41%
2007	6,056,236	22,917,444	1.56%	0.41%
2008	6,148,969	22,997,696	1.53%	0.35%
2009	6,241,642	23,078,402	1.51%	0.35%
2010	6,334,194	23,140,948	1.48%	0.27%
2011	6,426,590	23,193,518	1.46%	0.23%
2012	6,518,978	23,270,367	1.44%	0.33%
2013	6,611,385	23,344,670	1.42%	0.32%
2014	6,703,172	23,403,635	1.39%	0.25%
2015	6,801,645	23,462,914	1.47%	0.25%
2016	6,908,802	23,515,945	1.58%	0.23%
2017	7,018,147	23,555,522	1.58%	0.17%
2018	7,128,045	23,580,080	1.57%	0.1%
2019	7,237,636	23,596,027	1.54%	0.07%
2020	7,346,533	23,582,179	1.5%	-0.06%
2021	7,453,194	23,468,275	1.45%	-0.48%
2022	7,559,007	23,319,977	1.42%	-0.63%
2023	7,664,993	23,342,541	1.4%	0.1%
2024	7,769,819	23,410,331	1.37%	0.29%
2025	7,873,043	23,308,308	1.33%	-0.44%
2026	7,974,020	23,205,944	1.28%	-0.44%
2027	8,072,924	23,102,120	1.24%	-0.45%
2028	8,169,794	22,996,693	1.2%	-0.46%
2029	8,264,394	22,890,335	1.16%	-0.46%
2030	8,357,024	22,781,040	1.12%	-0.48%
2031	8,447,769	22,667,327	1.09%	-0.5%
2032	8,536,450	22,549,689	1.05%	-0.52%
2033	8,622,824	22,428,721	1.01%	-0.54%
2034	8,706,826	22,302,402	0.97%	-0.56%
2035	8,788,759	22,170,689	0.94%	-0.59%
2036	8,868,880	22,034,775	0.91%	-0.61%
2037	8,947,241	21,893,029	0.88%	-0.64%
2038	9,023,864	21,746,001	0.86%	-0.67%
2039	9,097,889	21,594,236	0.82%	-0.7%
2040	9,168,998	21,436,947	0.78%	-0.73%
2041	9,238,108	21,274,187	0.75%	-0.76%
2042	9,305,405	21,105,682	0.73%	-0.79%
2043	9,370,049	20,932,105	0.69%	-0.82%
2044	9,432,310	20,754,623	0.66%	-0.85%
2045	9,492,501	20,571,741	0.64%	-0.88%
2046	9,550,341	20,384,903	0.61%	-0.91%
2047	9,605,804	20,194,425	0.58%	-0.93%
2048	9,659,037	19,999,753	0.55%	-0.96%
2049	9,709,614	19,801,293	0.52%	-0.99%
2050	9,757,279	19,598,997	0.49%	-1.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Laos increased by 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth), while Taiwan gained 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Laos gained 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -154,606 (a 0.66% decline).

Laos was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2005 and is still 103rd in 2025. Taiwan was ranked 48th in 2005 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.9% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.