Demographics of Laos

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date08 May 2024

There are 3.90 million males and 3.84 million females in Laos. The percentage of the male population is 50.38%, compared to 49.62% of the female population. Laos has 59k more males than females. The sex ratio in Laos in 2024 will be 101.537 males per 100 females. Laos is in the 183rd position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Laos population

Year Population Growth (%)
19501,684,6742.43
19551,893,3892.30
19602,122,5322.26
19652,379,4562.31
19702,675,2832.41
19753,012,7202.09
19803,297,5192.08
19853,741,6042.79
19904,314,4432.82
19954,927,4322.40
20005,430,8531.65
20055,852,9701.58
20106,323,4181.47
20156,787,4191.50
20207,319,3991.47
20217,425,0571.40
20227,529,4751.40
20237,633,7791.36
20247,736,6811.32
  • Total
  • Crude

Laos death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195040,83181,84024.21548.536
195544,55488,15723.52946.555
196048,13896,04922.67745.247
196551,523106,40121.65044.710
197055,040119,39520.57044.621
197557,388134,27319.00244.460
198057,227143,26717.30743.327
198557,356163,06415.32443.565
199058,480183,43113.54842.494
199556,959189,23211.54338.349
200055,867179,70410.25632.991
200555,012171,6039.37829.254
201050,757171,3948.00827.042
201551,051166,1087.51324.445
202046,627164,4316.36622.449
202149,136163,2616.61321.973
202246,673161,6826.19521.460
202346,924160,5156.14321.014
202447,270159,4806.10620.601
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Laos

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
1950121,8341,561,0817.239
1955143,4271,747,4257.585
1960168,5331,952,3637.946
1965198,2982,184,2968.323
1970258,7492,429,6799.625
1975338,1472,713,43011.081
1980403,2472,854,89712.377
1985509,0713,178,82713.804
1990657,3733,601,09915.437
1995843,1904,008,73317.378
20001,171,2364,158,06821.977
20051,564,2974,189,72927.186
20101,877,8904,368,38430.064
20152,206,3304,457,63733.108
20202,600,1314,564,69136.290
20212,682,6374,579,66436.939
20222,765,6994,591,51437.592
20232,849,3324,600,43338.247
20242,933,6774,606,81838.906
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Laos population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 399,050 382,324 781,374 10.10 104.375
05-09 398,433 382,822 781,256 10.10 104.078
10-14 381,688 368,330 750,019 9.69 103.627
15-19 375,021 363,063 738,084 9.54 103.294
20-24 362,594 351,171 713,765 9.23 103.253
25-29 349,519 340,485 690,003 8.92 102.653
30-34 326,048 320,135 646,183 8.35 101.847
35-39 294,680 286,264 580,944 7.51 102.940
40-44 244,555 236,593 481,148 6.22 103.365
45-49 197,782 194,156 391,938 5.07 101.868
50-54 161,953 162,702 324,656 4.20 99.540
55-59 132,398 139,877 272,275 3.52 94.653
60-64 105,300 115,140 220,440 2.85 91.454
65-69 76,391 82,697 159,088 2.06 92.375
70-74 47,916 54,181 102,097 1.32 88.437
75-79 26,050 32,472 58,522 0.76 80.223
80-84 12,405 17,084 29,489 0.38 72.612
85-89 4,681 6,920 11,602 0.15 67.645
90-94 1,183 2,020 3,204 0.04 58.564
95-99 175 359 534 0.01 48.747
100+ 17 45 62 0.00 37.778
Total 3,897,839 3,838,840 7,736,683 101.537