Population in Laos

Nearby in the ranking

99. Switzerland 8.87 million
100. Sierra Leone 8.46 million
101. Togo 8.22 million
102. Laos 7.67 million
103. Hong Kong 7.44 million
104. Turkmenistan 7.36 million
105. Libya 7.31 million

More about Laos

• Population growth
• Births per woman
• Typical age
• Living in cities
• Human Development Index
• Women’s vs men’s development
• People per household
• People over 65
• Children under 15
• Women’s age at first marriage
• Mothers’ age at first birth
• All figures for Laos

About the data

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.

Unit

people

Years

1800–2023

Data as of

2026-09-28

Source

Our World in Data

License

CC BY 4.0

Credit

Our World in Data; HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. CC BY 4.0