# Population in Laos

Population in Laos was 7.87 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `la`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/laos
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/laos.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=la

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