Population 7,873,046
people· 2025
Published observation
Over time Full published history Lao PDR 2025 · 7.87M
0 1.97M 3.94M 5.9M 7.87M 1960 1993 2025 1960: 2,121,514 1961: 2,169,796 1962: 2,219,910 1963: 2,271,061 1964: 2,322,826 1965: 2,376,200 1966: 2,431,084 1967: 2,487,715 1968: 2,546,377 1969: 2,606,959 1970: 2,669,702 1971: 2,734,628 1972: 2,801,660 1973: 2,870,573 1974: 2,939,761 1975: 3,005,521 1976: 3,064,876 1977: 3,118,923 1978: 3,171,740 1979: 3,228,202 1980: 3,292,573 1981: 3,366,631 1982: 3,450,026 1983: 3,541,001 1984: 3,637,843 1985: 3,739,985 1986: 3,846,715 1987: 3,957,612 1988: 4,072,601 1989: 4,190,974 1990: 4,311,955 1991: 4,435,118 1992: 4,559,646 1993: 4,685,060 1994: 4,809,220 1995: 4,929,409 1996: 5,045,678 1997: 5,152,011 1998: 5,248,266 1999: 5,340,784 2000: 5,431,212 2001: 5,521,482 2002: 5,610,889 2003: 5,697,945 2004: 5,781,626 2005: 5,869,523 2006: 5,963,200 2007: 6,056,236 2008: 6,148,969 2009: 6,241,642 2010: 6,334,194 2011: 6,426,590 2012: 6,518,978 2013: 6,611,385 2014: 6,703,172 2015: 6,801,645 2016: 6,908,802 2017: 7,018,147 2018: 7,128,045 2019: 7,237,636 2020: 7,346,533 2021: 7,453,194 2022: 7,559,007 2023: 7,664,993 2024: 7,769,819 2025: 7,873,046 Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
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