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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Laos	Yemen	Laos	Yemen
1960	2,121,514	5,532,301	-	-
1961	2,169,796	5,655,232	2.28%	2.22%
1962	2,219,910	5,782,221	2.31%	2.25%
1963	2,271,061	5,911,135	2.3%	2.23%
1964	2,322,826	6,048,006	2.28%	2.32%
1965	2,376,200	6,195,593	2.3%	2.44%
1966	2,431,084	6,351,494	2.31%	2.52%
1967	2,487,715	6,516,444	2.33%	2.6%
1968	2,546,377	6,690,524	2.36%	2.67%
1969	2,606,959	6,875,859	2.38%	2.77%
1970	2,669,702	7,065,279	2.41%	2.75%
1971	2,734,628	7,257,462	2.43%	2.72%
1972	2,801,660	7,460,068	2.45%	2.79%
1973	2,870,573	7,672,796	2.46%	2.85%
1974	2,939,761	7,896,783	2.41%	2.92%
1975	3,005,521	8,133,598	2.24%	3%
1976	3,064,876	8,384,113	1.97%	3.08%
1977	3,118,923	8,648,222	1.76%	3.15%
1978	3,171,740	8,926,586	1.69%	3.22%
1979	3,228,202	9,224,194	1.78%	3.33%
1980	3,292,573	9,543,358	1.99%	3.46%
1981	3,366,631	9,882,362	2.25%	3.55%
1982	3,450,026	10,241,006	2.48%	3.63%
1983	3,541,001	10,621,499	2.64%	3.72%
1984	3,637,843	11,025,597	2.73%	3.8%
1985	3,739,985	11,453,825	2.81%	3.88%
1986	3,846,715	11,901,040	2.85%	3.9%
1987	3,957,612	12,369,912	2.88%	3.94%
1988	4,072,601	12,859,708	2.91%	3.96%
1989	4,190,974	13,364,174	2.91%	3.92%
1990	4,311,955	13,887,862	2.89%	3.92%
1991	4,435,118	14,430,201	2.86%	3.91%
1992	4,559,646	14,989,494	2.81%	3.88%
1993	4,685,060	15,563,914	2.75%	3.83%
1994	4,809,220	16,149,147	2.65%	3.76%
1995	4,929,409	16,740,058	2.5%	3.66%
1996	5,045,678	17,313,177	2.36%	3.42%
1997	5,152,011	17,873,936	2.11%	3.24%
1998	5,248,266	18,446,013	1.87%	3.2%
1999	5,340,784	19,029,420	1.76%	3.16%
2000	5,431,212	19,624,141	1.69%	3.13%
2001	5,521,482	20,226,147	1.66%	3.07%
2002	5,610,889	20,835,086	1.62%	3.01%
2003	5,697,945	21,456,379	1.55%	2.98%
2004	5,781,626	22,095,167	1.47%	2.98%
2005	5,869,523	22,790,085	1.52%	3.15%
2006	5,963,200	23,543,083	1.6%	3.3%
2007	6,056,236	24,318,082	1.56%	3.29%
2008	6,148,969	25,111,941	1.53%	3.26%
2009	6,241,642	25,927,724	1.51%	3.25%
2010	6,334,194	26,754,387	1.48%	3.19%
2011	6,426,590	27,582,897	1.46%	3.1%
2012	6,518,978	28,433,647	1.44%	3.08%
2013	6,611,385	29,312,952	1.42%	3.09%
2014	6,703,172	30,226,309	1.39%	3.12%
2015	6,801,645	31,159,379	1.47%	3.09%
2016	6,908,802	32,109,010	1.58%	3.05%
2017	7,018,147	33,090,921	1.58%	3.06%
2018	7,128,045	34,085,182	1.57%	3%
2019	7,237,636	35,111,408	1.54%	3.01%
2020	7,346,533	36,134,863	1.5%	2.91%
2021	7,453,194	37,140,230	1.45%	2.78%
2022	7,559,007	38,222,876	1.42%	2.92%
2023	7,664,993	39,390,799	1.4%	3.06%
2024	7,769,819	40,583,164	1.37%	3.03%
2025	7,873,043	41,773,871	1.33%	2.93%
2026	7,974,020	42,961,650	1.28%	2.84%
2027	8,072,924	44,145,620	1.24%	2.76%
2028	8,169,794	45,323,685	1.2%	2.67%
2029	8,264,394	46,497,573	1.16%	2.59%
2030	8,357,024	47,667,649	1.12%	2.52%
2031	8,447,769	48,827,503	1.09%	2.43%
2032	8,536,450	49,979,089	1.05%	2.36%
2033	8,622,824	51,129,867	1.01%	2.3%
2034	8,706,826	52,279,989	0.97%	2.25%
2035	8,788,759	53,429,308	0.94%	2.2%
2036	8,868,880	54,578,046	0.91%	2.15%
2037	8,947,241	55,724,259	0.88%	2.1%
2038	9,023,864	56,872,152	0.86%	2.06%
2039	9,097,889	58,024,713	0.82%	2.03%
2040	9,168,998	59,181,514	0.78%	1.99%
2041	9,238,108	60,345,667	0.75%	1.97%
2042	9,305,405	61,517,965	0.73%	1.94%
2043	9,370,049	62,696,517	0.69%	1.92%
2044	9,432,310	63,880,172	0.66%	1.89%
2045	9,492,501	65,066,344	0.64%	1.86%
2046	9,550,341	66,253,578	0.61%	1.82%
2047	9,605,804	67,438,796	0.58%	1.79%
2048	9,659,037	68,620,844	0.55%	1.75%
2049	9,709,614	69,799,794	0.52%	1.72%
2050	9,757,279	70,976,389	0.49%	1.69%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Laos increased by 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Laos gained 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).

Laos was ranked 103rd most populous country in 2005 and is still 103rd in 2025. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2005 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.