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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	Uruguay	Laos	Uruguay
1960	2,121,514	2,529,957	-	-
1961	2,169,796	2,562,044	2.28%	1.27%
1962	2,219,910	2,593,298	2.31%	1.22%
1963	2,271,061	2,623,766	2.3%	1.17%
1964	2,322,826	2,653,180	2.28%	1.12%
1965	2,376,200	2,681,169	2.3%	1.05%
1966	2,431,084	2,707,646	2.31%	0.99%
1967	2,487,715	2,732,277	2.33%	0.91%
1968	2,546,377	2,754,606	2.36%	0.82%
1969	2,606,959	2,773,974	2.38%	0.7%
1970	2,669,702	2,790,807	2.41%	0.61%
1971	2,734,628	2,806,462	2.43%	0.56%
1972	2,801,660	2,821,644	2.45%	0.54%
1973	2,870,573	2,837,133	2.46%	0.55%
1974	2,939,761	2,853,944	2.41%	0.59%
1975	3,005,521	2,872,320	2.24%	0.64%
1976	3,064,876	2,891,392	1.97%	0.66%
1977	3,118,923	2,909,461	1.76%	0.62%
1978	3,171,740	2,925,715	1.69%	0.56%
1979	3,228,202	2,939,903	1.78%	0.48%
1980	3,292,573	2,951,953	1.99%	0.41%
1981	3,366,631	2,963,246	2.25%	0.38%
1982	3,450,026	2,975,492	2.48%	0.41%
1983	3,541,001	2,988,778	2.64%	0.45%
1984	3,637,843	3,002,488	2.73%	0.46%
1985	3,739,985	3,017,037	2.81%	0.48%
1986	3,846,715	3,032,845	2.85%	0.52%
1987	3,957,612	3,049,896	2.88%	0.56%
1988	4,072,601	3,067,961	2.91%	0.59%
1989	4,190,974	3,086,255	2.91%	0.6%
1990	4,311,955	3,104,403	2.89%	0.59%
1991	4,435,118	3,122,354	2.86%	0.58%
1992	4,559,646	3,139,702	2.81%	0.56%
1993	4,685,060	3,156,345	2.75%	0.53%
1994	4,809,220	3,172,834	2.65%	0.52%
1995	4,929,409	3,189,440	2.5%	0.52%
1996	5,045,678	3,206,324	2.36%	0.53%
1997	5,152,011	3,223,345	2.11%	0.53%
1998	5,248,266	3,239,280	1.87%	0.49%
1999	5,340,784	3,254,015	1.76%	0.45%
2000	5,431,212	3,266,206	1.69%	0.37%
2001	5,521,482	3,274,251	1.66%	0.25%
2002	5,610,889	3,278,867	1.62%	0.14%
2003	5,697,945	3,281,186	1.55%	0.07%
2004	5,781,626	3,283,148	1.47%	0.06%
2005	5,869,523	3,285,771	1.52%	0.08%
2006	5,963,200	3,289,506	1.6%	0.11%
2007	6,056,236	3,295,153	1.56%	0.17%
2008	6,148,969	3,302,177	1.53%	0.21%
2009	6,241,642	3,310,091	1.51%	0.24%
2010	6,334,194	3,318,580	1.48%	0.26%
2011	6,426,590	3,326,825	1.46%	0.25%
2012	6,518,978	3,335,401	1.44%	0.26%
2013	6,611,385	3,345,337	1.42%	0.3%
2014	6,703,172	3,356,334	1.39%	0.33%
2015	6,801,645	3,368,017	1.47%	0.35%
2016	6,908,802	3,379,283	1.58%	0.33%
2017	7,018,147	3,388,438	1.58%	0.27%
2018	7,128,045	3,394,534	1.57%	0.18%
2019	7,237,636	3,397,206	1.54%	0.08%
2020	7,346,533	3,398,968	1.5%	0.05%
2021	7,453,194	3,396,695	1.45%	-0.07%
2022	7,559,007	3,390,913	1.42%	-0.17%
2023	7,664,993	3,388,081	1.4%	-0.08%
2024	7,769,819	3,386,588	1.37%	-0.04%
2025	7,873,043	3,384,690	1.33%	-0.06%
2026	7,974,020	3,382,543	1.28%	-0.06%
2027	8,072,924	3,380,245	1.24%	-0.07%
2028	8,169,794	3,377,893	1.2%	-0.07%
2029	8,264,394	3,375,428	1.16%	-0.07%
2030	8,357,024	3,372,892	1.12%	-0.08%
2031	8,447,769	3,370,285	1.09%	-0.08%
2032	8,536,450	3,367,544	1.05%	-0.08%
2033	8,622,824	3,364,654	1.01%	-0.09%
2034	8,706,826	3,361,591	0.97%	-0.09%
2035	8,788,759	3,358,284	0.94%	-0.1%
2036	8,868,880	3,354,682	0.91%	-0.11%
2037	8,947,241	3,350,735	0.88%	-0.12%
2038	9,023,864	3,346,431	0.86%	-0.13%
2039	9,097,889	3,341,676	0.82%	-0.14%
2040	9,168,998	3,336,469	0.78%	-0.16%
2041	9,238,108	3,330,804	0.75%	-0.17%
2042	9,305,405	3,324,643	0.73%	-0.18%
2043	9,370,049	3,317,939	0.69%	-0.2%
2044	9,432,310	3,310,611	0.66%	-0.22%
2045	9,492,501	3,302,680	0.64%	-0.24%
2046	9,550,341	3,294,196	0.61%	-0.26%
2047	9,605,804	3,285,160	0.58%	-0.27%
2048	9,659,037	3,275,507	0.55%	-0.29%
2049	9,709,614	3,265,260	0.52%	-0.31%
2050	9,757,279	3,254,361	0.49%	-0.33%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Laos increased by 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth), while Uruguay gained 82,246 people (a 2.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Laos gained 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth), while Uruguay's population increased by 16,673 (a 0.5% growth).

Laos was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2005 and is still 103rd in 2025. Uruguay was ranked 130th in 2005 and ranked 133rd 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 Uruguay will decrease by 3.85% to 3,254,361 people and rank change from 133rd to 138th.