Laos population
8,006,840
Births this year: 1,439,489
Births today 6
Deaths this year 451,723
Deaths today 2
Population of Laos (2025)
Laos Population by Religions(2005 census)
| Region Name | Percents | Number |
|---|---|---|
| Buddhist | 67% | 4,702,779 people |
| Christian | 1.5% | 105,286 people |
| other and unspecified | 31.5% | 2,211,008 people |
Laos Population by Ethnic groups (2005 census)
| Ethnic groups Name | Percents | Number |
|---|---|---|
| Lao | 55% | 3,860,490 people |
| Khmou | 11% | 772,098 people |
| Hmong | 8% | 561,526 people |
| other | 26% | 1,824,959 people |
Laos population by Age group
| Age | Both Sexes Population | Male Population | Female Population | Both Sexes (%) | Male (%) | Female (%) | Sex ratio (female/male) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 7,965,982 | 3,981,800 | 3,984,182 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99.9 |
| 00-04 | 834,968 | 426,486 | 408,482 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 10.3 | 104.4 |
| 05-09 | 847,584 | 432,708 | 414,876 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 104.3 |
| 10-14 | 822,594 | 419,883 | 402,711 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 104.3 |
| 15-19 | 781,573 | 398,571 | 383,002 | 9.8 | 10 | 9.6 | 104.1 |
| 20-24 | 706,738 | 359,190 | 347,548 | 8.9 | 9 | 8.7 | 103.3 |
| 25-29 | 715,328 | 362,170 | 353,158 | 9 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 102.6 |
| 30-34 | 712,373 | 359,726 | 352,647 | 8.9 | 9 | 8.9 | 102 |
| 35-39 | 588,704 | 296,262 | 292,442 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 101.3 |
| 40-44 | 454,693 | 225,735 | 228,958 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 98.6 |
| 45-49 | 365,368 | 177,700 | 187,668 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 94.7 |
| 50-54 | 307,333 | 145,887 | 161,446 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 90.4 |
| 55-59 | 252,317 | 117,688 | 134,629 | 3.2 | 3 | 3.4 | 87.4 |
| 60-64 | 206,452 | 95,763 | 110,689 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 86.5 |
| 65-69 | 155,499 | 71,584 | 83,915 | 2 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 85.3 |
| 70-74 | 107,318 | 48,628 | 58,690 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 82.9 |
| 75-79 | 61,790 | 25,751 | 36,039 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 71.5 |
| 80-84 | 30,535 | 12,399 | 18,136 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 68.4 |
| 85-89 | 11,700 | 4,573 | 7,127 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 64.2 |
| 90-94 | 2,732 | 980 | 1,752 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.9 |
| 95-99 | 359 | 110 | 249 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.2 |
| 100+ | 24 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
Laos Age structure and Population pyramid
Laos Sex ratio
Laos Dependency ratios
Laos Population (1950 - 2025)
| Year | Population | Yearly % Change |
Yearly Change |
Sex ratio | Density (P/Km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7,855,828 | 1.44 | 111,789 | 99.88 | 34.04 |
| 2023 | 7,744,039 | 1.49 | 113,519 | 99.81 | 33.55 |
| 2022 | 7,630,520 | 1.54 | 115,380 | 99.73 | 33.06 |
| 2021 | 7,515,140 | 1.58 | 117,197 | 99.65 | 32.56 |
| 2020 | 7,397,943 | 1.64 | 119,119 | 99.57 | 32.05 |
| 2019 | 7,278,824 | 1.68 | 120,578 | 99.48 | 31.54 |
| 2018 | 7,158,246 | 1.72 | 120,725 | 99.39 | 31.01 |
| 2017 | 7,037,521 | 1.72 | 119,154 | 99.29 | 30.49 |
| 2016 | 6,918,367 | 1.71 | 116,344 | 99.19 | 29.98 |
| 2015 | 6,802,023 | 1.69 | 112,723 | 99.08 | 29.47 |
| 2014 | 6,689,300 | 1.66 | 109,315 | 98.97 | 28.98 |
| 2013 | 6,579,985 | 1.65 | 106,935 | 98.87 | 28.51 |
| 2012 | 6,473,050 | 1.67 | 106,141 | 98.76 | 28.05 |
| 2011 | 6,366,909 | 1.70 | 106,365 | 98.63 | 27.59 |
| 2010 | 6,260,544 | 1.75 | 107,391 | 98.48 | 27.13 |
| 2005 | 5,745,012 | 7.53 | 402,133 | 97.80 | 24.89 |
| 2000 | 5,342,879 | 9.99 | 485,105 | 99.23 | 23.15 |
| 1995 | 4,857,774 | 14.36 | 609,935 | 99.36 | 21.05 |
| 1990 | 4,247,839 | 15.43 | 567,694 | 100.05 | 18.40 |
| 1985 | 3,680,145 | 13.14 | 427,444 | 99.35 | 15.95 |
| 1980 | 3,252,701 | 6.72 | 204,837 | 98.67 | 14.09 |
| 1975 | 3,047,864 | 13.47 | 361,839 | 98.06 | 13.21 |
| 1970 | 2,686,025 | 12.81 | 304,962 | 97.43 | 11.64 |
| 1965 | 2,381,063 | 12.32 | 261,119 | 96.92 | 10.32 |
| 1960 | 2,119,944 | 12.14 | 229,581 | 96.63 | 9.19 |
| 1955 | 1,890,363 | 12.33 | 207,447 | 96.65 | 8.19 |
| 1950 | 1,682,916 | 97.11 | 7.29 |
