Specimen · LAO

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Asia · South-Eastern Asia

Lao People's Democratic Republic is recorded at 7.77m people in 2024, with total annual change of +104,290 under the WPP medium variant.

PLATE 418 · LAO

Lao People's Democratic Republic

LAO · LA

HOLDING

population 7.77m

annual change +104,290

natural change +114,571

fertility 2.40

migrant share 0.7%

80+

60-79

40-59

20-39

0-19

population decomposition

2024

Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.

Population decomposition for Lao People's Democratic Republic in 2024
Births	162,644
Deaths	-48,073
Natural change	+114,571
Net migration	-10,284
Total change	+104,290

time anchors

+1,486,459

Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.

Time anchors for Lao People's Democratic Republic
This year	+104,290
Since peak	-2,396,981 since 2068
Projected 2100	9.26m

Vanishing Point

not applicable

Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.

migrant share

0.7%

foreign citizens; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.

PROVISIONAL

Latest reported

No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.

population pyramid

Observed / 2050 / 2100

WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.

Observed 2023 7.66m

100+

95-99

90-94

85-89

80-84

75-79

70-74

65-69

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30-34

25-29

20-24

15-19

10-14

5-9

0-4

0-14: 2.34m
15-64: 4.98m
65+: 347.6k

2050 2050 9.76m

100+

95-99

90-94

85-89

80-84

75-79

70-74

65-69

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30-34

25-29

20-24

15-19

10-14

5-9

0-4

0-14: 2.09m
15-64: 6.70m
65+: 967.6k

2100 2100 9.26m

100+

95-99

90-94

85-89

80-84

75-79

70-74

65-69

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30-34

25-29

20-24

15-19

10-14

5-9

0-4

0-14: 1.37m
15-64: 5.55m
65+: 2.34m

stage

The Slowing

Stage since 2024.

crossover

2074

First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.

working-age support

13.96

Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2058.

source

POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1

Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.

Selected annual series preview · WPP 2024 medium variant
Year	Population	Change	Births	Deaths	TFR
2024	7.77m	104,290	162.6k	48.1k	2.40
2030	8.36m	91,744	154.9k	52.2k	2.21
2050	9.76m	46,575	135.5k	76.3k	1.89
2080	10.00m	-24,327	104.5k	117.8k	1.75
2100	9.26m	-47,258	86.7k	123.4k	1.71