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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	Turkey	Laos	Turkey
1960	2,121,514	28,329,898	-	-
1961	2,169,796	29,119,238	2.28%	2.79%
1962	2,219,910	29,916,147	2.31%	2.74%
1963	2,271,061	30,726,841	2.3%	2.71%
1964	2,322,826	31,543,072	2.28%	2.66%
1965	2,376,200	32,345,220	2.3%	2.54%
1966	2,431,084	33,177,672	2.31%	2.57%
1967	2,487,715	34,050,421	2.33%	2.63%
1968	2,546,377	34,921,684	2.36%	2.56%
1969	2,606,959	35,787,774	2.38%	2.48%
1970	2,669,702	36,638,465	2.41%	2.38%
1971	2,734,628	37,518,611	2.43%	2.4%
1972	2,801,660	38,430,221	2.45%	2.43%
1973	2,870,573	39,329,533	2.46%	2.34%
1974	2,939,761	40,210,234	2.41%	2.24%
1975	3,005,521	41,053,126	2.24%	2.1%
1976	3,064,876	41,899,984	1.97%	2.06%
1977	3,118,923	42,773,298	1.76%	2.08%
1978	3,171,740	43,645,306	1.69%	2.04%
1979	3,228,202	44,510,429	1.78%	1.98%
1980	3,292,573	45,408,815	1.99%	2.02%
1981	3,366,631	46,321,190	2.25%	2.01%
1982	3,450,026	47,322,096	2.48%	2.16%
1983	3,541,001	48,447,410	2.64%	2.38%
1984	3,637,843	49,574,069	2.73%	2.33%
1985	3,739,985	50,687,115	2.81%	2.25%
1986	3,846,715	51,777,772	2.85%	2.15%
1987	3,957,612	52,843,670	2.88%	2.06%
1988	4,072,601	53,909,626	2.91%	2.02%
1989	4,190,974	54,976,723	2.91%	1.98%
1990	4,311,955	56,015,628	2.89%	1.89%
1991	4,435,118	57,009,887	2.86%	1.77%
1992	4,559,646	57,990,118	2.81%	1.72%
1993	4,685,060	58,999,167	2.75%	1.74%
1994	4,809,220	60,033,836	2.65%	1.75%
1995	4,929,409	61,024,503	2.5%	1.65%
1996	5,045,678	61,951,134	2.36%	1.52%
1997	5,152,011	62,852,966	2.11%	1.46%
1998	5,248,266	63,734,383	1.87%	1.4%
1999	5,340,784	64,591,923	1.76%	1.35%
2000	5,431,212	65,425,961	1.69%	1.29%
2001	5,521,482	66,245,128	1.66%	1.25%
2002	5,610,889	67,048,795	1.62%	1.21%
2003	5,697,945	67,831,730	1.55%	1.17%
2004	5,781,626	68,592,617	1.47%	1.12%
2005	5,869,523	69,329,557	1.52%	1.07%
2006	5,963,200	70,045,349	1.6%	1.03%
2007	6,056,236	70,158,112	1.56%	0.16%
2008	6,148,969	71,051,678	1.53%	1.27%
2009	6,241,642	72,039,206	1.51%	1.39%
2010	6,334,194	73,142,150	1.48%	1.53%
2011	6,426,590	74,223,629	1.46%	1.48%
2012	6,518,978	75,175,827	1.44%	1.28%
2013	6,611,385	76,147,624	1.42%	1.29%
2014	6,703,172	77,181,884	1.39%	1.36%
2015	6,801,645	78,218,479	1.47%	1.34%
2016	6,908,802	79,277,962	1.58%	1.35%
2017	7,018,147	80,312,698	1.58%	1.31%
2018	7,128,045	81,407,204	1.57%	1.36%
2019	7,237,636	82,579,440	1.54%	1.44%
2020	7,346,533	83,384,680	1.5%	0.98%
2021	7,453,194	84,147,318	1.45%	0.91%
2022	7,559,007	84,979,913	1.42%	0.99%
2023	7,664,993	85,325,965	1.4%	0.41%
2024	7,769,819	85,518,661	1.37%	0.23%
2025	7,873,043	85,725,557	1.33%	0.24%
2026	7,974,020	85,960,835	1.28%	0.27%
2027	8,072,924	86,227,115	1.24%	0.31%
2028	8,169,794	86,502,744	1.2%	0.32%
2029	8,264,394	86,771,652	1.16%	0.31%
2030	8,357,024	87,037,680	1.12%	0.31%
2031	8,447,769	87,297,191	1.09%	0.3%
2032	8,536,450	87,537,075	1.05%	0.27%
2033	8,622,824	87,762,403	1.01%	0.26%
2034	8,706,826	87,974,138	0.97%	0.24%
2035	8,788,759	88,172,739	0.94%	0.23%
2036	8,868,880	88,364,318	0.91%	0.22%
2037	8,947,241	88,545,669	0.88%	0.21%
2038	9,023,864	88,707,268	0.86%	0.18%
2039	9,097,889	88,849,956	0.82%	0.16%
2040	9,168,998	88,975,510	0.78%	0.14%
2041	9,238,108	89,083,304	0.75%	0.12%
2042	9,305,405	89,177,769	0.73%	0.11%
2043	9,370,049	89,254,147	0.69%	0.09%
2044	9,432,310	89,311,458	0.66%	0.06%
2045	9,492,501	89,349,806	0.64%	0.04%
2046	9,550,341	89,375,429	0.61%	0.03%
2047	9,605,804	89,383,765	0.58%	0.009%
2048	9,659,037	89,361,174	0.55%	-0.03%
2049	9,709,614	89,306,566	0.52%	-0.06%
2050	9,757,279	89,218,346	0.49%	-0.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Laos increased by 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Laos gained 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).

Laos was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2005 and is still 103rd in 2025. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2005 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.