Laos's population rose from 5.05M in 1996 to 7.87M in 2025.
Laos · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
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Laos's population growth fell from 2.3 % in 1996 to 1.3 % in 2025.
Laos's population density rose from 20.8 in 1994 to 33.2 in 2023.
Laos's population, female (% of total) rose from 49.7 % in 1996 to 49.8 % in 2025.
Laos's urbanisation rose from 18.0 % in 1996 to 40.3 % in 2025.
Laos's urban population rose from 906,397 in 1996 to 3.17M in 2025.
Laos's rural population rose from 4.14M in 1996 to 4.7M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.0 %81st of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.6 %66th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.5 %152nd of 217
- Adolescent fertility rateup +0.3 %189th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.3 yrs150th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts72nd of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.2 pts89th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.1 pts152nd of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.5 pts129th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.2 pts154th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −3.5 %154th of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts183rd of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −93.3 %92nd of 96*
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- Life expectancyup +0.3 yrs159th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.3 yrs160th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs153rd of 217