Laos · Population

On this page you can find past, current and future population statistics for Laos (from 1950-2100), population map, demographics, live population counter etc. . Question: What is the population of Laos? Answer: Current population of Laos is: 8 116 566*^[1], area 236800 km², population density 34.28 p/km². Capital of Laos is Vientiane. Continent: Asia.

Laos · Population 1950-2100

Laos · historical and predicted populations (both sexes) for the period 1950-2100 (millions) De facto population in Laos as of 1 July of the year indicated. Source United Nations Population Division [1].

What was the Laos population at your birthday?*

Enter your birth date to find out. [1]

year:***	month:	day:

Current Laos population

8 116 566

Today	This year
Population growth Today xx Changes every 271.801 sec.	Population growth This year xx
Births Today xx Changes every 196.039 sec.	Births This year xx [x]
Deaths Today xx Changes every 703.299 sec.	Deaths This year xx [x]

Sources: [1]
Today's statistic since midnight 00:00.
This year, statistic changes since 1st January
Population = Births** - Deaths

Laos population map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

• Population Growth rate: 318 / day = 13.24 / hour = 0.221 / minute = 0.0037 / seconds
• Births Growth rate**: 441 / day = 18.32 / hour = 0.305 / minute = 0.0054 / seconds
• Deaths Growth rate: 123 / day = 5.12 / hour = 0.085 / minute = 0.0014 / seconds.

Current Laos population by age and sex for 2026-10-26*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	420 755	⇐+4.2%	403 628
5-9	478 264	⇐+4.9%	456 060
10-14	406 073	⇐+5.1%	386 393
15-19	328 736	⇐+4.4%	314 905
20-24	412 914	⇐+3.2%	400 077
25-29	469 304	⇐+3.5%	453 586
30-34	376 594	⇐+3.8%	362 769
35-39	270 932	⇐+1.7%	266 361
40-44	210 273	+3.3%⇒	217 119
45-49	170 256	+11.2%⇒	189 319
50-54	138 559	+16.3%⇒	161 079
55-59	119 341	+15.8%⇒	138 210
60-64	98 842	+8.7%⇒	107 468
65-69	72 781	+9.5%⇒	79 694
70-74	37 674	+39.2%⇒	52 446
75-79	23 973	+31.8%⇒	31 600
80-84	15 684	+30.1%⇒	20 408
85-89	7 326	+40.2%⇒	10 269
90-94	2 348	+68.1%⇒	3 946
95-99	193	+97.4%⇒	381
100+	4	+475%⇒	23

Sources: [1]

Sources, Notices

* Value is calculated with linear interpolation from 2 nearest estimated (date->population) data (unofficial).
** Net migration is included in Births with this calculation: Births = Population[1] + Deaths[1].
*** For years before 1950 we dont have population data. Value is approximate calculation using function: 1900 population = 70% of 1950 population.
[1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015). World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. Data are estimates and projections according to a medium-fertility variant. Reused with the permission of the United Nations. Downloaded: 2015-11-15 (un.org)
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).