Population of Laos

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	18 Nov 2024

The current population of Laos is 7,862,935 as of May 22, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Laos is projected at 7,769,819, or 7.77 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Laos is projected at 7,664,993, or 7.66 million people for the year 2023.

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	0.095
2025	7,821,964	7,873,046	102,163	1.298	0.096
2026	7,924,127	7,974,017	99,781	1.251	0.096
2027	8,023,908	8,072,922	98,027	1.214	0.096
2028	8,121,935	8,169,792	95,715	1.172	0.097
2029	8,217,650	8,264,400	93,501	1.131	0.097
2030	8,311,151	8,357,023	91,744	1.098	0.098
2031	8,402,895	8,447,765	89,741	1.062	0.098
2032	8,492,636	8,536,451	87,629	1.027	0.098
2033	8,580,265	8,622,827	85,124	0.987	0.098
2034	8,665,389	8,706,827	82,876	0.952	0.099
2035	8,748,265	8,788,756	80,983	0.921	0.099
2036	8,829,248	8,868,879	79,262	0.894	0.099
2037	8,908,510	8,947,243	77,465	0.866	0.099
2038	8,985,975	9,023,859	75,768	0.840	0.100
2039	9,061,743	9,097,892	72,298	0.795	0.100
2040	9,134,041	9,169,002	69,921	0.763	0.100
2041	9,203,962	9,238,102	68,280	0.739	0.100
2042	9,272,242	9,305,406	66,327	0.713	0.100
2043	9,338,569	9,370,047	62,955	0.672	0.100
2044	9,401,524	9,432,308	61,567	0.653	0.100
2045	9,463,091	9,492,503	58,823	0.620	0.101
2046	9,521,914	9,550,340	56,851	0.595	0.101
2047	9,578,765	9,605,806	54,082	0.563	0.101
2048	9,632,847	9,659,039	52,384	0.542	0.101
2049	9,685,231	9,709,614	48,767	0.502	0.101
2050	9,733,998	9,757,285	46,575	0.477	0.101
2051	9,780,573	9,802,787	44,427	0.453	0.101
2052	9,825,000	9,845,849	41,698	0.424	0.101
2053	9,866,698	9,886,186	38,976	0.394	0.101
2054	9,905,674	9,923,709	36,070	0.363	0.101
2055	9,941,744	9,958,044	32,600	0.327	0.101
2056	9,974,344	9,989,662	30,635	0.307	0.101
2057	10,004,979	10,019,089	28,220	0.282	0.101
2058	10,033,199	10,045,954	25,510	0.254	0.101
2059	10,058,709	10,069,852	22,286	0.221	0.101
2060	10,080,995	10,090,954	19,919	0.197	0.101
2061	10,100,914	10,109,538	17,248	0.171	0.101
2062	10,118,162	10,125,228	14,132	0.140	0.101
2063	10,132,294	10,138,215	11,841	0.117	0.101
2064	10,144,135	10,148,780	9,290	0.092	0.101
2065	10,153,425	10,156,761	6,672	0.066	0.101
2066	10,160,097	10,162,673	5,151	0.051	0.100
2067	10,165,248	10,166,112	1,727	0.017	0.100
2068	10,166,975	10,166,800	-349	-0.003	0.100
2069	10,166,626	10,164,933	-3,385	-0.033	0.100
2070	10,163,241	10,160,170	-6,142	-0.060	0.100
2071	10,157,099	10,153,550	-7,097	-0.070	0.100
2072	10,150,002	10,145,163	-9,678	-0.095	0.099
2073	10,140,324	10,134,199	-12,250	-0.121	0.099
2074	10,128,074	10,120,901	-14,346	-0.142	0.099
2075	10,113,728	10,105,666	-16,124	-0.160	0.099
2076	10,097,604	10,089,014	-17,180	-0.170	0.098
2077	10,080,424	10,070,412	-20,025	-0.199	0.098
2078	10,060,399	10,049,637	-21,524	-0.214	0.098
2079	10,038,875	10,027,213	-23,323	-0.233	0.098
2080	10,015,552	10,003,388	-24,327	-0.243	0.097
2081	9,991,225	9,978,227	-25,997	-0.261	0.097
2082	9,965,228	9,951,553	-27,350	-0.275	0.097
2083	9,937,878	9,923,272	-29,212	-0.294	0.096
2084	9,908,666	9,893,573	-30,187	-0.305	0.096
2085	9,878,479	9,862,427	-32,103	-0.326	0.096
2086	9,846,376	9,829,593	-33,566	-0.341	0.096
2087	9,812,810	9,795,443	-34,733	-0.355	0.095
2088	9,778,077	9,759,973	-36,208	-0.371	0.095
2089	9,741,869	9,723,208	-37,322	-0.384	0.095
2090	9,704,547	9,685,342	-38,410	-0.397	0.094
2091	9,666,137	9,646,343	-39,589	-0.410	0.094
2092	9,626,548	9,606,422	-40,253	-0.419	0.094
2093	9,586,295	9,565,638	-41,315	-0.432	0.093
2094	9,544,980	9,523,909	-42,141	-0.442	0.093
2095	9,502,839	9,481,487	-42,705	-0.450	0.093
2096	9,460,134	9,438,365	-43,538	-0.461	0.092
2097	9,416,596	9,394,350	-44,492	-0.474	0.092
2098	9,372,104	9,349,285	-45,637	-0.488	0.092
2099	9,326,467	9,303,187	-46,560	-0.500	0.091
2100	9,279,907	9,256,278	-47,258	-0.511	0.091

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	0.068
1951	1,704,927	1,725,243	40,631	2.355	0.068
1952	1,745,558	1,766,179	41,242	2.335	0.068
1953	1,786,800	1,807,812	42,024	2.325	0.069
1954	1,828,824	1,850,128	42,608	2.303	0.069
1955	1,871,432	1,893,213	43,562	2.301	0.069
1956	1,914,994	1,937,229	44,470	2.296	0.069
1957	1,959,464	1,982,134	45,341	2.288	0.069
1958	2,004,805	2,028,026	46,443	2.290	0.070
1959	2,051,248	2,074,485	46,473	2.240	0.070
1960	2,097,721	2,121,514	47,585	2.243	0.070
1961	2,145,306	2,169,796	48,979	2.257	0.071
1962	2,194,285	2,219,910	51,249	2.309	0.071
1963	2,245,534	2,271,061	51,053	2.248	0.071
1964	2,296,587	2,322,826	52,478	2.259	0.071
1965	2,349,065	2,376,200	54,269	2.284	0.071
1966	2,403,334	2,431,084	55,501	2.283	0.071
1967	2,458,835	2,487,715	57,760	2.322	0.072
1968	2,516,595	2,546,377	59,564	2.339	0.072
1969	2,576,159	2,606,959	61,600	2.363	0.072
1970	2,637,759	2,669,702	63,886	2.393	0.072
1971	2,701,645	2,734,628	65,966	2.412	0.073
1972	2,767,611	2,801,660	68,098	2.431	0.073
1973	2,835,709	2,870,573	69,727	2.429	0.073
1974	2,905,436	2,939,761	68,650	2.335	0.074
1975	2,974,086	3,005,521	62,871	2.092	0.074
1976	3,036,957	3,064,876	55,839	1.822	0.074
1977	3,092,796	3,118,923	52,253	1.675	0.074
1978	3,145,049	3,171,740	53,383	1.683	0.074
1979	3,198,432	3,228,202	59,541	1.844	0.074
1980	3,257,973	3,292,573	69,201	2.102	0.074
1981	3,327,174	3,366,631	78,913	2.344	0.074
1982	3,406,087	3,450,026	87,878	2.547	0.075
1983	3,493,965	3,541,001	94,073	2.657	0.075
1984	3,588,038	3,637,843	99,611	2.738	0.076
1985	3,687,649	3,739,985	104,671	2.799	0.077
1986	3,792,320	3,846,715	108,789	2.828	0.078
1987	3,901,109	3,957,612	113,006	2.856	0.078
1988	4,014,115	4,072,601	116,972	2.872	0.079
1989	4,131,087	4,190,974	119,773	2.858	0.080
1990	4,250,860	4,311,955	122,190	2.834	0.081
1991	4,373,050	4,435,118	124,135	2.799	0.082
1992	4,497,185	4,559,646	124,923	2.740	0.083
1993	4,622,108	4,685,060	125,904	2.688	0.084
1994	4,748,012	4,809,220	122,416	2.546	0.085
1995	4,870,428	4,929,409	117,962	2.393	0.086
1996	4,988,390	5,045,678	114,577	2.271	0.086
1997	5,102,967	5,152,011	98,089	1.904	0.087
1998	5,201,056	5,248,266	94,420	1.799	0.087
1999	5,295,476	5,340,784	90,617	1.697	0.088
2000	5,386,093	5,431,212	90,239	1.662	0.088
2001	5,476,332	5,521,482	90,300	1.635	0.088
2002	5,566,632	5,610,889	88,513	1.578	0.089
2003	5,655,145	5,697,945	85,600	1.502	0.089
2004	5,740,745	5,781,626	81,761	1.414	0.089
2005	5,822,506	5,869,523	94,034	1.602	0.089
2006	5,916,540	5,963,200	93,320	1.565	0.089
2007	6,009,860	6,056,236	92,753	1.532	0.090
2008	6,102,613	6,148,969	92,712	1.508	0.090
2009	6,195,325	6,241,642	92,634	1.484	0.090
2010	6,287,959	6,334,194	92,470	1.460	0.090
2011	6,380,429	6,426,590	92,322	1.437	0.090
2012	6,472,751	6,518,978	92,454	1.418	0.091
2013	6,565,205	6,611,385	92,359	1.397	0.091
2014	6,657,564	6,703,172	91,215	1.361	0.091
2015	6,748,779	6,801,645	105,733	1.555	0.091
2016	6,854,512	6,908,802	108,581	1.572	0.091
2017	6,963,093	7,018,147	110,108	1.569	0.092
2018	7,073,201	7,128,045	109,688	1.539	0.092
2019	7,182,889	7,237,636	109,493	1.513	0.093
2020	7,292,382	7,346,533	108,301	1.474	0.093
2021	7,400,683	7,453,194	105,021	1.409	0.094
2022	7,505,704	7,559,007	106,607	1.410	0.094
2023	7,612,311	7,664,993	105,363	1.375	0.095