Male population — all countries

Male population — Laos

Male population in Laos in 2025 — 3,955,408 people. Ranked 102 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 277.1%.

2025 3.96M people +1.32% vs 2024
World rank 102of 217
Period maximum 3.96M people2025
Period minimum 1.05M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Laos, 1960–202501M2M3M4M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,048,890 people1962: 1,098,050 people1964: 1,149,181 people1966: 1,202,693 people1968: 1,259,938 people1970: 1,321,406 people1972: 1,387,353 people1974: 1,457,050 people1976: 1,521,687 people1978: 1,577,196 people1980: 1,640,001 people1982: 1,721,649 people1984: 1,818,683 people1986: 1,926,277 people1988: 2,042,285 people1990: 2,164,657 people1992: 2,291,143 people1994: 2,418,473 people1996: 2,538,976 people1998: 2,642,345 people2000: 2,735,686 people2002: 2,826,924 people2004: 2,912,707 people2006: 3,003,126 people2008: 3,095,464 people2010: 3,187,793 people2012: 3,280,206 people2014: 3,372,532 people2016: 3,475,459 people2018: 3,585,087 people2020: 3,693,722 people2022: 3,799,149 people2024: 3,904,034 people2025: 3,955,408 people
Change over the period: +2.91M (+277.1%) Average annual rate: 2.06 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Laos

Laos 3.96M people
World 4.13B people
East Asia & Pacific 1.21B people
South-Eastern Asia computed 349M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 1.66B people
Male population — Laos, by year Laos All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 3.96M +51,374 +1.32%
2024 3.9M +52,163 +1.35%
2023 3.85M +52,722 +1.39%
2022 3.8M +52,680 +1.41%
2021 3.75M +52,747 +1.43%
2020 3.69M +53,910 +1.48%
2019 3.64M +54,725 +1.53%
2018 3.59M +54,945 +1.56%
2017 3.53M +54,683 +1.57%
2016 3.48M +53,614 +1.57%
2015 3.42M +49,313 +1.46%
2014 3.37M +46,005 +1.38%
2013 3.33M +46,321 +1.41%
2012 3.28M +46,242 +1.43%
2011 3.23M +46,171 +1.45%
2010 3.19M +46,180 +1.47%
2009 3.14M +46,149 +1.49%
2008 3.1M +46,098 +1.51%
2007 3.05M +46,240 +1.54%
2006 3M +46,611 +1.58%
2005 2.96M +43,808 +1.5%
2004 2.91M +41,895 +1.46%
2003 2.87M +43,888 +1.55%
2002 2.83M +45,319 +1.63%
2001 2.78M +45,919 +1.68%
2000 2.74M +46,126 +1.72%
1999 2.69M +47,215 +1.79%
1998 2.64M +49,125 +1.89%
1997 2.59M +54,244 +2.14%
1996 2.54M +59,245 +2.39%
1995 2.48M +61,258 +2.53%
1994 2.42M +63,325 +2.69%
1993 2.36M +64,005 +2.79%
1992 2.29M +63,588 +2.85%
1991 2.23M +62,898 +2.91%
1990 2.16M +61,800 +2.94%
1989 2.1M +60,572 +2.97%
1988 2.04M +58,992 +2.97%
1987 1.98M +57,016 +2.96%
1986 1.93M +54,947 +2.94%
1985 1.87M +52,647 +2.89%
1984 1.82M +50,001 +2.83%
1983 1.77M +47,033 +2.73%
1982 1.72M +43,184 +2.57%
1981 1.68M +38,464 +2.35%
1980 1.64M +33,459 +2.08%
1979 1.61M +29,346 +1.86%
1978 1.58M +27,473 +1.77%
1977 1.55M +28,036 +1.84%
1976 1.52M +30,711 +2.06%
1975 1.49M +33,926 +2.33%
1974 1.46M +35,163 +2.47%
1973 1.42M +34,534 +2.49%
1972 1.39M +33,522 +2.48%
1971 1.35M +32,425 +2.45%
1970 1.32M +31,299 +2.43%
1969 1.29M +30,169 +2.39%
1968 1.26M +29,165 +2.37%
1967 1.23M +28,080 +2.33%
1966 1.2M +27,130 +2.31%
1965 1.18M +26,382 +2.3%
1964 1.15M +25,563 +2.28%
1963 1.12M +25,568 +2.33%
1962 1.1M +25,180 +2.35%
1961 1.07M +23,980 +2.29%
1960 1.05M

About the indicator

The male population of a country as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN and is compiled on the de facto definition of population, so it may diverge from national statistics that use the concept of resident population. Together with the female population it gives the sex structure, and that structure differs markedly: from a pronounced male surplus in the Gulf states with their labor migration to a female surplus where male mortality is high.

Important: The sum of the male and the female population matches total population — the UN reconciles them to a single total. For comparing countries the share is more useful than the absolute number: it says more about the structure of the population than size does.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.