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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Laos was 7,769,819 in 2024 vs 37,860,221 people in Ukraine in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Laos' population is 7,954,155 people compared to 39,426,577 in Ukraine.

Population statistics:

  • Ukraine's population is 4.96 times bigger than Laos'.
  • Laos is ranked the 103rd most populous country in the world, while Ukraine is the 40th.
  • The countries together account for 0.57% of the world: 0.1% for Laos vs 0.48% for Ukraine.
  • For the last 10 years, Laos has had an average growth rate of +1.48% per year vs -1.74% in Ukraine.
  • Since 2005, the population of Laos has increased from 5.87M people to 7.95M (35.5% growth), while Ukraine has declined from 47.6M to 39.4M (17.1% decline).
  • Laos is projected to reach its peak in 2068 at 10.2M people, while Ukraine's population already peaked in 1993 at 52.4M people and is projected to decrease to 15.2M people by 2100.

Laos vs Ukraine: live population counter

Laos Ukraine
Current population
7954155
39426577
Population rank 103/197 40/197
Percent of world population 0.1% 0.48%
One net population change
5.01 minutes
4.13 minutes
One birth every
3.22 minutes
2.48 minutes
One death every
11 minutes
1.06 minutes
One migration net change every
51.1 minutes
27.5 seconds
Annual migration change -10,284 +1,146,012
Daily growth/decline +287 +349
Annual growth/decline +104,826 +127,385
Annual growth/decline rate +1.37% +0.34%
Population growth rate rank 80/197 146/197

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

Laos
Population

Growth rate
Ukraine
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Laos Ukraine Laos Ukraine
1960 2,121,514 42,824,093 - -
1961 2,169,796 43,399,766 2.28% 1.34%
1962 2,219,910 43,943,674 2.31% 1.25%
1963 2,271,061 44,462,372 2.3% 1.18%
1964 2,322,826 44,951,156 2.28% 1.1%
1965 2,376,200 45,386,892 2.3% 0.97%
1966 2,431,084 45,802,519 2.31% 0.92%
1967 2,487,715 46,215,988 2.33% 0.9%
1968 2,546,377 46,614,325 2.36% 0.86%
1969 2,606,959 46,976,256 2.38% 0.78%
1970 2,669,702 47,261,306 2.41% 0.61%
1971 2,734,628 47,573,287 2.43% 0.66%
1972 2,801,660 47,946,893 2.45% 0.79%
1973 2,870,573 48,277,121 2.46% 0.69%
1974 2,939,761 48,576,570 2.41% 0.62%
1975 3,005,521 48,865,229 2.24% 0.59%
1976 3,064,876 49,120,842 1.97% 0.52%
1977 3,118,923 49,336,481 1.76% 0.44%
1978 3,171,740 49,521,243 1.69% 0.37%
1979 3,228,202 49,721,381 1.78% 0.4%
1980 3,292,573 49,955,152 1.99% 0.47%
1981 3,366,631 50,189,281 2.25% 0.47%
1982 3,450,026 50,402,724 2.48% 0.43%
1983 3,541,001 50,637,029 2.64% 0.46%
1984 3,637,843 50,887,599 2.73% 0.49%
1985 3,739,985 51,108,770 2.81% 0.43%
1986 3,846,715 51,318,745 2.85% 0.41%
1987 3,957,612 51,515,732 2.88% 0.38%
1988 4,072,601 51,724,853 2.91% 0.41%
1989 4,190,974 51,917,817 2.91% 0.37%
1990 4,311,955 52,054,092 2.89% 0.26%
1991 4,435,118 52,170,961 2.86% 0.22%
1992 4,559,646 52,323,671 2.81% 0.29%
1993 4,685,060 52,350,126 2.75% 0.05%
1994 4,809,220 52,075,998 2.65% -0.52%
1995 4,929,409 51,665,539 2.5% -0.79%
1996 5,045,678 51,226,109 2.36% -0.85%
1997 5,152,011 50,786,885 2.11% -0.86%
1998 5,248,266 50,379,731 1.87% -0.8%
1999 5,340,784 49,976,446 1.76% -0.8%
2000 5,431,212 49,556,660 1.69% -0.84%
2001 5,521,482 49,106,855 1.66% -0.91%
2002 5,610,889 48,677,281 1.62% -0.87%
2003 5,697,945 48,315,136 1.55% -0.74%
2004 5,781,626 47,979,507 1.47% -0.69%
2005 5,869,523 47,585,556 1.52% -0.82%
2006 5,963,200 47,278,694 1.6% -0.64%
2007 6,056,236 47,062,798 1.56% -0.46%
2008 6,148,969 46,819,175 1.53% -0.52%
2009 6,241,642 46,623,731 1.51% -0.42%
2010 6,334,194 46,456,003 1.48% -0.36%
2011 6,426,590 46,307,853 1.46% -0.32%
2012 6,518,978 46,210,056 1.44% -0.21%
2013 6,611,385 46,126,770 1.42% -0.18%
2014 6,703,172 45,972,380 1.39% -0.33%
2015 6,801,645 45,784,896 1.47% -0.41%
2016 6,908,802 45,616,832 1.58% -0.37%
2017 7,018,147 45,436,041 1.58% -0.4%
2018 7,128,045 45,208,907 1.57% -0.5%
2019 7,237,636 44,957,458 1.54% -0.56%
2020 7,346,533 44,680,014 1.5% -0.62%
2021 7,453,194 44,298,640 1.45% -0.85%
2022 7,559,007 41,048,766 1.42% -7.34%
2023 7,664,993 37,732,836 1.4% -8.08%
2024 7,769,819 37,860,221 1.37% 0.34%
2025 7,873,043 38,980,379 1.33% 2.96%
2026 7,974,020 39,535,850 1.28% 1.43%
2027 8,072,924 39,245,208 1.24% -0.74%
2028 8,169,794 38,952,086 1.2% -0.75%
2029 8,264,394 38,654,416 1.16% -0.76%
2030 8,357,024 38,353,848 1.12% -0.78%
2031 8,447,769 38,050,624 1.09% -0.79%
2032 8,536,450 37,746,688 1.05% -0.8%
2033 8,622,824 37,442,088 1.01% -0.81%
2034 8,706,826 37,135,839 0.97% -0.82%
2035 8,788,759 36,828,149 0.94% -0.83%
2036 8,868,880 36,519,767 0.91% -0.84%
2037 8,947,241 36,209,679 0.88% -0.85%
2038 9,023,864 35,897,705 0.86% -0.86%
2039 9,097,889 35,584,263 0.82% -0.87%
2040 9,168,998 35,270,911 0.78% -0.88%
2041 9,238,108 34,957,580 0.75% -0.89%
2042 9,305,405 34,641,778 0.73% -0.9%
2043 9,370,049 34,324,132 0.69% -0.92%
2044 9,432,310 34,004,074 0.66% -0.93%
2045 9,492,501 33,680,448 0.64% -0.95%
2046 9,550,341 33,351,499 0.61% -0.98%
2047 9,605,804 33,017,828 0.58% -1%
2048 9,659,037 32,680,968 0.55% -1.02%
2049 9,709,614 32,338,515 0.52% -1.05%
2050 9,757,279 31,990,136 0.49% -1.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Laos increased by 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth), while Ukraine lost 1,800,660 people (a 3.78% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Laos gained 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth), while Ukraine's population decreased by -6,358,319 (a 13.9% decline).

Laos was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2005 and is still 103rd in 2025. Ukraine was ranked 26th in 2005 and ranked 40th 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 Ukraine will decrease by 18.9% to 31,990,136 people and rank change from 40th to 60th.

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