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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Laos was 7,769,819 in 2024 vs 36,361,859 people in Uzbekistan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Laos' population is 7,954,155 people compared to 37,592,263 in Uzbekistan.

Population statistics:

  • Uzbekistan's population is 4.73 times bigger than Laos'.
  • Laos is ranked the 103rd most populous country in the world, while Uzbekistan is the 42nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.55% of the world: 0.1% for Laos vs 0.45% for Uzbekistan.
  • For the last 10 years, Laos has had an average growth rate of +1.48% per year vs +1.85% in Uzbekistan.
  • Since 2005, the population of Laos has increased from 5.87M people to 7.95M (35.5% growth), while Uzbekistan has grown from 26.4M to 37.6M (42.6% growth).
  • Laos is projected to reach its peak in 2068 at 10.2M people compared to the peak of 74.3M people in 2100 for Uzbekistan.

Laos vs Uzbekistan: live population counter

Laos Uzbekistan
Current population
7954155
37592263
Population rank 103/197 42/197
Percent of world population 0.1% 0.45%
One net population change
5.01 minutes
44.4 seconds
One birth every
3.22 minutes
33.4 seconds
One death every
11 minutes
2.38 minutes
One migration net change every
51.1 minutes
1.24 hours
Annual migration change -10,284 -7,066
Daily growth/decline +287 +1,944
Annual growth/decline +104,826 +709,552
Annual growth/decline rate +1.37% +1.99%
Population growth rate rank 80/197 54/197

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

Laos
Population

Growth rate
Uzbekistan
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Laos Uzbekistan Laos Uzbekistan
1960 2,121,514 8,209,109 - -
1961 2,169,796 8,517,711 2.28% 3.76%
1962 2,219,910 8,854,368 2.31% 3.95%
1963 2,271,061 9,202,246 2.3% 3.93%
1964 2,322,826 9,557,611 2.28% 3.86%
1965 2,376,200 9,921,681 2.3% 3.81%
1966 2,431,084 10,289,294 2.31% 3.71%
1967 2,487,715 10,659,180 2.33% 3.59%
1968 2,546,377 11,032,155 2.36% 3.5%
1969 2,606,959 11,403,150 2.38% 3.36%
1970 2,669,702 11,762,638 2.41% 3.15%
1971 2,734,628 12,111,511 2.43% 2.97%
1972 2,801,660 12,465,106 2.45% 2.92%
1973 2,870,573 12,831,047 2.46% 2.94%
1974 2,939,761 13,209,011 2.41% 2.95%
1975 3,005,521 13,598,521 2.24% 2.95%
1976 3,064,876 13,998,620 1.97% 2.94%
1977 3,118,923 14,408,822 1.76% 2.93%
1978 3,171,740 14,816,349 1.69% 2.83%
1979 3,228,202 15,215,587 1.78% 2.69%
1980 3,292,573 15,619,936 1.99% 2.66%
1981 3,366,631 16,035,032 2.25% 2.66%
1982 3,450,026 16,462,736 2.48% 2.67%
1983 3,541,001 16,908,400 2.64% 2.71%
1984 3,637,843 17,378,846 2.73% 2.78%
1985 3,739,985 17,875,339 2.81% 2.86%
1986 3,846,715 18,395,621 2.85% 2.91%
1987 3,957,612 18,930,070 2.88% 2.91%
1988 4,072,601 19,460,630 2.91% 2.8%
1989 4,190,974 19,977,183 2.91% 2.65%
1990 4,311,955 20,464,956 2.89% 2.44%
1991 4,435,118 20,962,910 2.86% 2.43%
1992 4,559,646 21,485,090 2.81% 2.49%
1993 4,685,060 21,987,955 2.75% 2.34%
1994 4,809,220 22,463,291 2.65% 2.16%
1995 4,929,409 22,917,589 2.5% 2.02%
1996 5,045,678 23,351,981 2.36% 1.9%
1997 5,152,011 23,758,960 2.11% 1.74%
1998 5,248,266 24,134,929 1.87% 1.58%
1999 5,340,784 24,476,008 1.76% 1.41%
2000 5,431,212 24,787,054 1.69% 1.27%
2001 5,521,482 25,090,283 1.66% 1.22%
2002 5,610,889 25,399,980 1.62% 1.23%
2003 5,697,945 25,711,259 1.55% 1.23%
2004 5,781,626 26,029,350 1.47% 1.24%
2005 5,869,523 26,356,975 1.52% 1.26%
2006 5,963,200 26,699,043 1.6% 1.3%
2007 6,056,236 27,076,008 1.56% 1.41%
2008 6,148,969 27,494,774 1.53% 1.55%
2009 6,241,642 27,939,328 1.51% 1.62%
2010 6,334,194 28,385,506 1.48% 1.6%
2011 6,426,590 28,823,196 1.46% 1.54%
2012 6,518,978 29,261,903 1.44% 1.52%
2013 6,611,385 29,724,065 1.42% 1.58%
2014 6,703,172 30,222,994 1.39% 1.68%
2015 6,801,645 30,749,346 1.47% 1.74%
2016 6,908,802 31,284,568 1.58% 1.74%
2017 7,018,147 31,819,178 1.58% 1.71%
2018 7,128,045 32,373,490 1.57% 1.74%
2019 7,237,636 32,964,701 1.54% 1.83%
2020 7,346,533 33,586,372 1.5% 1.89%
2021 7,453,194 34,243,696 1.45% 1.96%
2022 7,559,007 34,938,955 1.42% 2.03%
2023 7,664,993 35,652,307 1.4% 2.04%
2024 7,769,819 36,361,859 1.37% 1.99%
2025 7,873,043 37,053,425 1.33% 1.9%
2026 7,974,020 37,724,224 1.28% 1.81%
2027 8,072,924 38,376,104 1.24% 1.73%
2028 8,169,794 39,010,995 1.2% 1.65%
2029 8,264,394 39,634,353 1.16% 1.6%
2030 8,357,024 40,248,246 1.12% 1.55%
2031 8,447,769 40,850,310 1.09% 1.5%
2032 8,536,450 41,442,243 1.05% 1.45%
2033 8,622,824 42,026,366 1.01% 1.41%
2034 8,706,826 42,603,253 0.97% 1.37%
2035 8,788,759 43,175,104 0.94% 1.34%
2036 8,868,880 43,744,382 0.91% 1.32%
2037 8,947,241 44,313,638 0.88% 1.3%
2038 9,023,864 44,885,866 0.86% 1.29%
2039 9,097,889 45,461,988 0.82% 1.28%
2040 9,168,998 46,044,151 0.78% 1.28%
2041 9,238,108 46,636,742 0.75% 1.29%
2042 9,305,405 47,240,035 0.73% 1.29%
2043 9,370,049 47,851,671 0.69% 1.29%
2044 9,432,310 48,470,624 0.66% 1.29%
2045 9,492,501 49,096,060 0.64% 1.29%
2046 9,550,341 49,724,395 0.61% 1.28%
2047 9,605,804 50,351,710 0.58% 1.26%
2048 9,659,037 50,975,927 0.55% 1.24%
2049 9,709,614 51,596,108 0.52% 1.22%
2050 9,757,279 52,210,749 0.49% 1.19%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Laos increased by 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth), while Uzbekistan gained 4,392,371 people (a 16.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Laos gained 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth), while Uzbekistan's population increased by 6,842,917 (a 22.3% growth).

Laos was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2005 and is still 103rd in 2025. Uzbekistan was ranked 42nd in 2005 and still ranked 42nd 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 Uzbekistan will increase by 38.9% to 52,210,749 people and rank change from 42nd to 39th.

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