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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	Venezuela	Laos	Venezuela
1960	2,121,514	8,160,090	-	-
1961	2,169,796	8,455,915	2.28%	3.63%
1962	2,219,910	8,756,870	2.31%	3.56%
1963	2,271,061	9,064,021	2.3%	3.51%
1964	2,322,826	9,377,712	2.28%	3.46%
1965	2,376,200	9,697,790	2.3%	3.41%
1966	2,431,084	10,024,854	2.31%	3.37%
1967	2,487,715	10,358,513	2.33%	3.33%
1968	2,546,377	10,697,530	2.36%	3.27%
1969	2,606,959	11,040,280	2.38%	3.2%
1970	2,669,702	11,387,790	2.41%	3.15%
1971	2,734,628	11,741,008	2.43%	3.1%
1972	2,801,660	12,099,180	2.45%	3.05%
1973	2,870,573	12,463,537	2.46%	3.01%
1974	2,939,761	12,835,351	2.41%	2.98%
1975	3,005,521	13,215,892	2.24%	2.96%
1976	3,064,876	13,606,284	1.97%	2.95%
1977	3,118,923	14,006,812	1.76%	2.94%
1978	3,171,740	14,416,684	1.69%	2.93%
1979	3,228,202	14,834,552	1.78%	2.9%
1980	3,292,573	15,258,218	1.99%	2.86%
1981	3,366,631	15,687,297	2.25%	2.81%
1982	3,450,026	16,121,874	2.48%	2.77%
1983	3,541,001	16,562,205	2.64%	2.73%
1984	3,637,843	17,008,841	2.73%	2.7%
1985	3,739,985	17,461,434	2.81%	2.66%
1986	3,846,715	17,923,536	2.85%	2.65%
1987	3,957,612	18,394,963	2.88%	2.63%
1988	4,072,601	18,871,020	2.91%	2.59%
1989	4,190,974	19,348,921	2.91%	2.53%
1990	4,311,955	19,827,010	2.89%	2.47%
1991	4,435,118	20,304,896	2.86%	2.41%
1992	4,559,646	20,780,948	2.81%	2.34%
1993	4,685,060	21,254,520	2.75%	2.28%
1994	4,809,220	21,725,188	2.65%	2.21%
1995	4,929,409	22,193,821	2.5%	2.16%
1996	5,045,678	22,662,113	2.36%	2.11%
1997	5,152,011	23,131,685	2.11%	2.07%
1998	5,248,266	23,601,337	1.87%	2.03%
1999	5,340,784	24,066,593	1.76%	1.97%
2000	5,431,212	24,526,708	1.69%	1.91%
2001	5,521,482	24,979,922	1.66%	1.85%
2002	5,610,889	25,435,671	1.62%	1.82%
2003	5,697,945	25,892,703	1.55%	1.8%
2004	5,781,626	26,340,838	1.47%	1.73%
2005	5,869,523	26,785,804	1.52%	1.69%
2006	5,963,200	27,224,686	1.6%	1.64%
2007	6,056,236	27,649,363	1.56%	1.56%
2008	6,148,969	28,053,696	1.53%	1.46%
2009	6,241,642	28,438,298	1.51%	1.37%
2010	6,334,194	28,813,101	1.48%	1.32%
2011	6,426,590	29,185,212	1.46%	1.29%
2012	6,518,978	29,553,826	1.44%	1.26%
2013	6,611,385	29,912,198	1.42%	1.21%
2014	6,703,172	30,254,079	1.39%	1.14%
2015	6,801,645	30,573,972	1.47%	1.06%
2016	6,908,802	30,765,720	1.58%	0.63%
2017	7,018,147	30,565,323	1.58%	-0.65%
2018	7,128,045	29,807,592	1.57%	-2.48%
2019	7,237,636	28,938,098	1.54%	-2.92%
2020	7,346,533	28,444,077	1.5%	-1.71%
2021	7,453,194	28,237,826	1.45%	-0.73%
2022	7,559,007	28,213,017	1.42%	-0.09%
2023	7,664,993	28,300,854	1.4%	0.31%
2024	7,769,819	28,405,543	1.37%	0.37%
2025	7,873,043	28,516,898	1.33%	0.39%
2026	7,974,020	28,633,718	1.28%	0.41%
2027	8,072,924	28,758,565	1.24%	0.44%
2028	8,169,794	28,885,166	1.2%	0.44%
2029	8,264,394	29,014,444	1.16%	0.45%
2030	8,357,024	29,151,809	1.12%	0.47%
2031	8,447,769	29,295,744	1.09%	0.49%
2032	8,536,450	29,442,534	1.05%	0.5%
2033	8,622,824	29,587,099	1.01%	0.49%
2034	8,706,826	29,735,159	0.97%	0.5%
2035	8,788,759	29,883,329	0.94%	0.5%
2036	8,868,880	30,020,167	0.91%	0.46%
2037	8,947,241	30,146,546	0.88%	0.42%
2038	9,023,864	30,268,328	0.86%	0.4%
2039	9,097,889	30,386,284	0.82%	0.39%
2040	9,168,998	30,495,445	0.78%	0.36%
2041	9,238,108	30,590,207	0.75%	0.31%
2042	9,305,405	30,674,532	0.73%	0.28%
2043	9,370,049	30,749,671	0.69%	0.24%
2044	9,432,310	30,813,805	0.66%	0.21%
2045	9,492,501	30,871,490	0.64%	0.19%
2046	9,550,341	30,923,463	0.61%	0.17%
2047	9,605,804	30,974,366	0.58%	0.16%
2048	9,659,037	31,021,600	0.55%	0.15%
2049	9,709,614	31,059,954	0.52%	0.12%
2050	9,757,279	31,094,884	0.49%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Laos increased by 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,788,168 people (a 14.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Laos gained 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth), while Venezuela's population decreased by -1,963,235 (a 6.42% decline).

Laos was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2005 and is still 103rd in 2025. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2005 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.68% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.