Population of Laos

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	26 Aug 2025

The current population of Laos is 7,896,061 as of September 22, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Laos is projected at 7,873,046, or 7.87 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Laos is projected at 7,769,819, or 7.77 million people, for the year 2024.

Laos ranks 103rd in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Laos is ranked 32nd among 51 countries and territories in Asia.

Laos population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	7,717,674	7,769,819	104,290	1.342	0.0952
2025	7,821,964	7,873,046	102,163	1.298	0.0956
2026	7,924,127	7,974,017	99,781	1.251	0.0961
2027	8,023,908	8,072,922	98,027	1.214	0.0965
2028	8,121,935	8,169,792	95,715	1.172	0.0968
2029	8,217,650	8,264,400	93,501	1.131	0.0972
2030	8,311,151	8,357,023	91,744	1.098	0.0975
2031	8,402,895	8,447,765	89,741	1.062	0.0978
2032	8,492,636	8,536,451	87,629	1.027	0.0981
2033	8,580,265	8,622,827	85,124	0.987	0.0984
2034	8,665,389	8,706,827	82,876	0.952	0.0987
2035	8,748,265	8,788,756	80,983	0.921	0.0989
2036	8,829,248	8,868,879	79,262	0.894	0.0991
2037	8,908,510	8,947,243	77,465	0.866	0.0994
2038	8,985,975	9,023,859	75,768	0.840	0.0996
2039	9,061,743	9,097,892	72,298	0.795	0.0997
2040	9,134,041	9,169,002	69,921	0.763	0.0999
2041	9,203,962	9,238,102	68,280	0.739	0.1001
2042	9,272,242	9,305,406	66,327	0.713	0.1002
2043	9,338,569	9,370,047	62,955	0.672	0.1003
2044	9,401,524	9,432,308	61,567	0.653	0.1005
2045	9,463,091	9,492,503	58,823	0.620	0.1006
2046	9,521,914	9,550,340	56,851	0.595	0.1007
2047	9,578,765	9,605,806	54,082	0.563	0.1007
2048	9,632,847	9,659,039	52,384	0.542	0.1008
2049	9,685,231	9,709,614	48,767	0.502	0.1009
2050	9,733,998	9,757,285	46,575	0.477	0.1010
2051	9,780,573	9,802,787	44,427	0.453	0.1010
2052	9,825,000	9,845,849	41,698	0.424	0.1011
2053	9,866,698	9,886,186	38,976	0.394	0.1011
2054	9,905,674	9,923,709	36,070	0.363	0.1011
2055	9,941,744	9,958,044	32,600	0.327	0.1011
2056	9,974,344	9,989,662	30,635	0.307	0.1011
2057	10,004,979	10,019,089	28,220	0.282	0.1011
2058	10,033,199	10,045,954	25,510	0.254	0.1011
2059	10,058,709	10,069,852	22,286	0.221	0.1011
2060	10,080,995	10,090,954	19,919	0.197	0.1010
2061	10,100,914	10,109,538	17,248	0.171	0.1010
2062	10,118,162	10,125,228	14,132	0.140	0.1009
2063	10,132,294	10,138,215	11,841	0.117	0.1008
2064	10,144,135	10,148,780	9,290	0.092	0.1007
2065	10,153,425	10,156,761	6,672	0.066	0.1005
2066	10,160,097	10,162,673	5,151	0.051	0.1004
2067	10,165,248	10,166,112	1,727	0.017	0.1003
2068	10,166,975	10,166,800	-349	-0.003	0.1001
2069	10,166,626	10,164,933	-3,385	-0.033	0.0999
2070	10,163,241	10,160,170	-6,142	-0.060	0.0997
2071	10,157,099	10,153,550	-7,097	-0.070	0.0995
2072	10,150,002	10,145,163	-9,678	-0.095	0.0993
2073	10,140,324	10,134,199	-12,250	-0.121	0.0991
2074	10,128,074	10,120,901	-14,346	-0.142	0.0988
2075	10,113,728	10,105,666	-16,124	-0.160	0.0986
2076	10,097,604	10,089,014	-17,180	-0.170	0.0983
2077	10,080,424	10,070,412	-20,025	-0.199	0.0981
2078	10,060,399	10,049,637	-21,524	-0.214	0.0978
2079	10,038,875	10,027,213	-23,323	-0.233	0.0976
2080	10,015,552	10,003,388	-24,327	-0.243	0.0973
2081	9,991,225	9,978,227	-25,997	-0.261	0.0970
2082	9,965,228	9,951,553	-27,350	-0.275	0.0967
2083	9,937,878	9,923,272	-29,212	-0.294	0.0964
2084	9,908,666	9,893,573	-30,187	-0.305	0.0962
2085	9,878,479	9,862,427	-32,103	-0.326	0.0959
2086	9,846,376	9,829,593	-33,566	-0.341	0.0956
2087	9,812,810	9,795,443	-34,733	-0.355	0.0952
2088	9,778,077	9,759,973	-36,208	-0.371	0.0949
2089	9,741,869	9,723,208	-37,322	-0.384	0.0946
2090	9,704,547	9,685,342	-38,410	-0.397	0.0943
2091	9,666,137	9,646,343	-39,589	-0.410	0.0940
2092	9,626,548	9,606,422	-40,253	-0.419	0.0936
2093	9,586,295	9,565,638	-41,315	-0.432	0.0933
2094	9,544,980	9,523,909	-42,141	-0.442	0.0930
2095	9,502,839	9,481,487	-42,705	-0.450	0.0926
2096	9,460,134	9,438,365	-43,538	-0.461	0.0923
2097	9,416,596	9,394,350	-44,492	-0.474	0.0920
2098	9,372,104	9,349,285	-45,637	-0.488	0.0916
2099	9,326,467	9,303,187	-46,560	-0.500	0.0913
2100	9,279,907	9,256,278	-47,258	-0.511	0.0909

Laos population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	1,664,173	1,684,550	40,754	2.419	0.0676
1951	1,704,927	1,725,243	40,631	2.355	0.0680
1952	1,745,558	1,766,179	41,242	2.335	0.0683
1953	1,786,800	1,807,812	42,024	2.325	0.0686
1954	1,828,824	1,850,128	42,608	2.303	0.0689
1955	1,871,432	1,893,213	43,562	2.301	0.0691
1956	1,914,994	1,937,229	44,470	2.296	0.0693
1957	1,959,464	1,982,134	45,341	2.288	0.0695
1958	2,004,805	2,028,026	46,443	2.290	0.0697
1959	2,051,248	2,074,485	46,473	2.240	0.0699
1960	2,097,721	2,121,514	47,585	2.243	0.0704
1961	2,145,306	2,169,796	48,979	2.257	0.0708
1962	2,194,285	2,219,910	51,249	2.309	0.0711
1963	2,245,534	2,271,061	51,053	2.248	0.0711
1964	2,296,587	2,322,826	52,478	2.259	0.0712
1965	2,349,065	2,376,200	54,269	2.284	0.0713
1966	2,403,334	2,431,084	55,501	2.283	0.0714
1967	2,458,835	2,487,715	57,760	2.322	0.0716
1968	2,516,595	2,546,377	59,564	2.339	0.0718
1969	2,576,159	2,606,959	61,600	2.363	0.0720
1970	2,637,759	2,669,702	63,886	2.393	0.0723
1971	2,701,645	2,734,628	65,966	2.412	0.0725
1972	2,767,611	2,801,660	68,098	2.431	0.0729
1973	2,835,709	2,870,573	69,727	2.429	0.0732
1974	2,905,436	2,939,761	68,650	2.335	0.0736
1975	2,974,086	3,005,521	62,871	2.092	0.0738
1976	3,036,957	3,064,876	55,839	1.822	0.0740
1977	3,092,796	3,118,923	52,253	1.675	0.0739
1978	3,145,049	3,171,740	53,383	1.683	0.0739
1979	3,198,432	3,228,202	59,541	1.844	0.0739
1980	3,257,973	3,292,573	69,201	2.102	0.0740
1981	3,327,174	3,366,631	78,913	2.344	0.0743
1982	3,406,087	3,450,026	87,878	2.547	0.0748
1983	3,493,965	3,541,001	94,073	2.657	0.0754
1984	3,588,038	3,637,843	99,611	2.738	0.0761
1985	3,687,649	3,739,985	104,671	2.799	0.0768
1986	3,792,320	3,846,715	108,789	2.828	0.0776
1987	3,901,109	3,957,612	113,006	2.856	0.0784
1988	4,014,115	4,072,601	116,972	2.872	0.0792
1989	4,131,087	4,190,974	119,773	2.858	0.0801
1990	4,250,860	4,311,955	122,190	2.834	0.0809
1991	4,373,050	4,435,118	124,135	2.799	0.0818
1992	4,497,185	4,559,646	124,923	2.740	0.0828
1993	4,622,108	4,685,060	125,904	2.688	0.0838
1994	4,748,012	4,809,220	122,416	2.546	0.0847
1995	4,870,428	4,929,409	117,962	2.393	0.0856
1996	4,988,390	5,045,678	114,577	2.271	0.0864
1997	5,102,967	5,152,011	98,089	1.904	0.0870
1998	5,201,056	5,248,266	94,420	1.799	0.0874
1999	5,295,476	5,340,784	90,617	1.697	0.0877
2000	5,386,093	5,431,212	90,239	1.662	0.0880
2001	5,476,332	5,521,482	90,300	1.635	0.0883
2002	5,566,632	5,610,889	88,513	1.578	0.0885
2003	5,655,145	5,697,945	85,600	1.502	0.0887
2004	5,740,745	5,781,626	81,761	1.414	0.0889
2005	5,822,506	5,869,523	94,034	1.602	0.0891
2006	5,916,540	5,963,200	93,320	1.565	0.0894
2007	6,009,860	6,056,236	92,753	1.532	0.0896
2008	6,102,613	6,148,969	92,712	1.508	0.0898
2009	6,195,325	6,241,642	92,634	1.484	0.0900
2010	6,287,959	6,334,194	92,470	1.460	0.0902
2011	6,380,429	6,426,590	92,322	1.437	0.0904
2012	6,472,751	6,518,978	92,454	1.418	0.0905
2013	6,565,205	6,611,385	92,359	1.397	0.0907
2014	6,657,564	6,703,172	91,215	1.361	0.0908
2015	6,748,779	6,801,645	105,733	1.555	0.0910
2016	6,854,512	6,908,802	108,581	1.572	0.0914
2017	6,963,093	7,018,147	110,108	1.569	0.0918
2018	7,073,201	7,128,045	109,688	1.539	0.0922
2019	7,182,889	7,237,636	109,493	1.513	0.0927
2020	7,292,382	7,346,533	108,301	1.474	0.0931
2021	7,400,683	7,453,194	105,021	1.409	0.0937
2022	7,505,704	7,559,007	106,607	1.410	0.0942
2023	7,612,311	7,664,993	105,363	1.375	0.0947