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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	Vietnam	Laos	Vietnam
1960	2,121,514	32,531,933	-	-
1961	2,169,796	33,409,059	2.28%	2.7%
1962	2,219,910	34,288,560	2.31%	2.63%
1963	2,271,061	35,249,101	2.3%	2.8%
1964	2,322,826	36,201,563	2.28%	2.7%
1965	2,376,200	37,129,656	2.3%	2.56%
1966	2,431,084	38,024,836	2.31%	2.41%
1967	2,487,715	38,895,080	2.33%	2.29%
1968	2,546,377	39,734,609	2.36%	2.16%
1969	2,606,959	40,582,096	2.38%	2.13%
1970	2,669,702	41,475,230	2.41%	2.2%
1971	2,734,628	42,449,276	2.43%	2.35%
1972	2,801,660	43,429,168	2.45%	2.31%
1973	2,870,573	44,409,861	2.46%	2.26%
1974	2,939,761	45,413,537	2.41%	2.26%
1975	3,005,521	46,482,903	2.24%	2.35%
1976	3,064,876	47,684,931	1.97%	2.59%
1977	3,118,923	48,954,872	1.76%	2.66%
1978	3,171,740	50,249,552	1.69%	2.64%
1979	3,228,202	51,378,211	1.78%	2.25%
1980	3,292,573	52,490,101	1.99%	2.16%
1981	3,366,631	53,738,141	2.25%	2.38%
1982	3,450,026	55,011,289	2.48%	2.37%
1983	3,541,001	56,337,921	2.64%	2.41%
1984	3,637,843	57,706,067	2.73%	2.43%
1985	3,739,985	59,060,622	2.81%	2.35%
1986	3,846,715	60,347,048	2.85%	2.18%
1987	3,957,612	61,584,651	2.88%	2.05%
1988	4,072,601	62,843,228	2.91%	2.04%
1989	4,190,974	64,147,348	2.91%	2.08%
1990	4,311,955	65,504,552	2.89%	2.12%
1991	4,435,118	66,891,775	2.86%	2.12%
1992	4,559,646	68,260,337	2.81%	2.05%
1993	4,685,060	69,586,384	2.75%	1.94%
1994	4,809,220	70,854,391	2.65%	1.82%
1995	4,929,409	72,049,940	2.5%	1.69%
1996	5,045,678	73,156,447	2.36%	1.54%
1997	5,152,011	74,226,889	2.11%	1.46%
1998	5,248,266	75,299,660	1.87%	1.45%
1999	5,340,784	76,287,452	1.76%	1.31%
2000	5,431,212	77,154,011	1.69%	1.14%
2001	5,521,482	77,969,361	1.66%	1.06%
2002	5,610,889	78,772,224	1.62%	1.03%
2003	5,697,945	79,563,777	1.55%	1%
2004	5,781,626	80,338,971	1.47%	0.97%
2005	5,869,523	81,088,313	1.52%	0.93%
2006	5,963,200	82,167,897	1.6%	1.33%
2007	6,056,236	83,633,375	1.56%	1.78%
2008	6,148,969	85,175,788	1.53%	1.84%
2009	6,241,642	86,460,018	1.51%	1.51%
2010	6,334,194	87,455,152	1.48%	1.15%
2011	6,426,590	88,468,314	1.46%	1.16%
2012	6,518,978	89,510,356	1.44%	1.18%
2013	6,611,385	90,573,104	1.42%	1.19%
2014	6,703,172	91,679,578	1.39%	1.22%
2015	6,801,645	92,823,254	1.47%	1.25%
2016	6,908,802	94,000,117	1.58%	1.27%
2017	7,018,147	95,176,977	1.58%	1.25%
2018	7,128,045	96,237,319	1.57%	1.11%
2019	7,237,636	97,173,776	1.54%	0.97%
2020	7,346,533	98,079,191	1.5%	0.93%
2021	7,453,194	98,935,098	1.45%	0.87%
2022	7,559,007	99,680,655	1.42%	0.75%
2023	7,664,993	100,352,192	1.4%	0.67%
2024	7,769,819	100,987,686	1.37%	0.63%
2025	7,873,043	101,598,531	1.33%	0.6%
2026	7,974,020	102,177,434	1.28%	0.57%
2027	8,072,924	102,727,392	1.24%	0.54%
2028	8,169,794	103,255,746	1.2%	0.51%
2029	8,264,394	103,761,151	1.16%	0.49%
2030	8,357,024	104,254,900	1.12%	0.48%
2031	8,447,769	104,737,913	1.09%	0.46%
2032	8,536,450	105,204,401	1.05%	0.45%
2033	8,622,824	105,656,307	1.01%	0.43%
2034	8,706,826	106,097,515	0.97%	0.42%
2035	8,788,759	106,530,671	0.94%	0.41%
2036	8,868,880	106,945,842	0.91%	0.39%
2037	8,947,241	107,346,046	0.88%	0.37%
2038	9,023,864	107,732,019	0.86%	0.36%
2039	9,097,889	108,097,653	0.82%	0.34%
2040	9,168,998	108,437,634	0.78%	0.31%
2041	9,238,108	108,752,199	0.75%	0.29%
2042	9,305,405	109,040,314	0.73%	0.26%
2043	9,370,049	109,292,559	0.69%	0.23%
2044	9,432,310	109,506,274	0.66%	0.2%
2045	9,492,501	109,685,396	0.64%	0.16%
2046	9,550,341	109,827,664	0.61%	0.13%
2047	9,605,804	109,930,243	0.58%	0.09%
2048	9,659,037	109,994,024	0.55%	0.06%
2049	9,709,614	110,018,017	0.52%	0.02%
2050	9,757,279	110,008,910	0.49%	-0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Laos increased by 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Laos gained 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

Laos was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2005 and is still 103rd in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.