Demographics of Lao People's Democratic Republic

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Laos is projected at 7.38 million, up by 1.43% compared with 7.28 million in 2020. Laos is ranked 105th in terms of population and 75th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.16 million births in Laos in 2021. That is 448 per day, which is ranked 94th. The crude birth rate is 22.19 per 1000 people. There are 46.26 thousand deaths in Laos in 2021. That is 127 per day, which is ranked 110th. The crude death rate is 6.27 per 1000 people.

2.68 million people are living in urban areas, which is 36.94% of Laos population. Laos is ranked 192nd in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Laos in 2021 is 100.77 males per 100 females. There are 3.70 million males and 3.68 million females in Laos. The percentage of female population is 49.81% compare to 50.19% male population. Laos has 28.36 thousand more males than females. Laos is at 141st position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Lao People's Democratic Republic population

Year Population Growth (%)
19501,682,915-
19551,890,8502.33
19602,120,8922.32
19652,382,5862.38
19702,688,4292.59
19753,051,5832.03
19803,258,1491.58
19853,687,8892.83
19904,258,4712.89
19954,846,4772.34
20005,323,7011.69
20055,751,6751.58
20106,249,1681.64
20156,741,1601.53
20166,845,8481.55
20176,953,0311.57
20187,061,4981.56
20197,169,4561.53
20207,275,5561.48
20217,379,3581.43
  • Total
  • Crude

Lao People's Democratic Republic death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195038,71878,98922.7046.26
195540,79984,28821.5544.55
196043,17091,97720.3243.31
196545,952102,30419.2442.85
197049,412116,31518.2843.03
197552,511129,28117.4242.92
198054,942141,01516.6442.76
198556,929160,23615.3743.23
199058,946183,00013.8242.90
199557,461185,24011.9038.42
200052,324170,1789.8331.98
200548,541166,4208.4128.81
201046,191167,8087.3926.88
201545,189166,9336.6924.71
202045,933164,7536.3222.66
202146,257163,5866.2722.19
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Lao People's Democratic Republic

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950121,8341,561,081-7.239
1955143,4271,747,4253.297.585
1960168,5331,952,3633.287.946
1965198,2982,184,2963.338.323
1970258,7492,429,6796.139.625
1975338,1472,713,4304.3311.081
1980403,2472,854,8973.8412.377
1985509,0713,178,8275.1113.804
1990657,3733,601,0995.2115.437
1995843,1904,008,7335.5417.378
20001,171,2364,158,0686.4621.977
20051,564,2974,189,7295.2327.186
20101,877,8904,368,3843.5630.064
20152,206,3304,457,6373.2733.108
20202,600,1314,564,6913.2636.290
20212,682,6374,579,6643.1736.939
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Lao People's Democratic Republic population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 408,744 392,811 801,555 10.86 104.056
05-09 392,751 378,504 771,255 10.45 103.764
10-14 386,721 373,719 760,440 10.30 103.479
15-19 361,136 351,276 712,412 9.65 102.807
20-24 347,573 341,383 688,956 9.34 101.813
25-29 338,859 336,031 674,890 9.15 100.842
30-34 305,974 300,801 606,775 8.22 101.720
35-39 255,973 256,150 512,123 6.94 99.931
40-44 213,692 214,999 428,691 5.81 99.392
45-49 183,334 182,865 366,199 4.96 100.256
50-54 148,111 150,461 298,572 4.05 98.438
55-59 121,434 122,780 244,214 3.31 98.904
60-64 94,785 95,825 190,610 2.58 98.915
65-69 67,201 71,801 139,002 1.88 93.593
70-74 38,697 49,905 88,602 1.20 77.541
75-79 22,030 30,800 52,830 0.72 71.526
80-84 11,516 16,654 28,170 0.38 69.149
85-89 4,252 6,699 10,951 0.15 63.472
90-94 963 1,777 2,740 0.04 54.192
95-99 106 244 350 0.00 43.443
100+ 5 16 21 0.00 31.250
Total 3,703,857 3,675,501 7,379,358 100.771