Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Laos

Population aged 15–64 in Laos in 2025 — 5,145,215 people. Ranked 101 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 336.6%.

2025 5.15M people +1.67% vs 2024
World rank 101of 217
Period maximum 5.15M people2025
Period minimum 1.18M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Laos, 1960–202502M4M6M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,178,497 people1962: 1,228,415 people1964: 1,278,388 people1966: 1,333,882 people1968: 1,394,620 people1970: 1,458,367 people1972: 1,525,698 people1974: 1,594,203 people1976: 1,647,889 people1978: 1,685,168 people1980: 1,734,154 people1982: 1,811,459 people1984: 1,909,269 people1986: 2,020,471 people1988: 2,142,372 people1990: 2,271,119 people1992: 2,401,402 people1994: 2,531,125 people1996: 2,661,444 people1998: 2,779,577 people2000: 2,900,710 people2002: 3,038,302 people2004: 3,184,876 people2006: 3,370,168 people2008: 3,589,786 people2010: 3,795,882 people2012: 3,985,632 people2014: 4,167,305 people2016: 4,355,161 people2018: 4,536,999 people2020: 4,712,905 people2022: 4,888,106 people2024: 5,060,934 people2025: 5,145,215 people
Change over the period: +3.97M (+336.59%) Average annual rate: 2.29 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Laos 5.15M people
World 5.36B people
East Asia & Pacific 1.64B people
South-Eastern Asia computed 477M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.13B people
Population aged 15–64 — Laos, by year Laos All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 5.15M +84,281 +1.67%
2024 5.06M +85,828 +1.73%
2023 4.98M +87,000 +1.78%
2022 4.89M +87,393 +1.82%
2021 4.8M +87,808 +1.86%
2020 4.71M +87,932 +1.9%
2019 4.62M +87,974 +1.94%
2018 4.54M +89,568 +2.01%
2017 4.45M +92,270 +2.12%
2016 4.36M +94,943 +2.23%
2015 4.26M +92,913 +2.23%
2014 4.17M +90,379 +2.22%
2013 4.08M +91,294 +2.29%
2012 3.99M +93,231 +2.4%
2011 3.89M +96,519 +2.54%
2010 3.8M +100,705 +2.73%
2009 3.7M +105,391 +2.94%
2008 3.59M +108,846 +3.13%
2007 3.48M +110,772 +3.29%
2006 3.37M +101,995 +3.12%
2005 3.27M +83,297 +2.62%
2004 3.18M +73,770 +2.37%
2003 3.11M +72,804 +2.4%
2002 3.04M +70,529 +2.38%
2001 2.97M +67,063 +2.31%
2000 2.9M +62,376 +2.2%
1999 2.84M +58,757 +2.11%
1998 2.78M +57,073 +2.1%
1997 2.72M +61,060 +2.29%
1996 2.66M +65,515 +2.52%
1995 2.6M +64,804 +2.56%
1994 2.53M +64,778 +2.63%
1993 2.47M +64,945 +2.7%
1992 2.4M +65,097 +2.79%
1991 2.34M +65,186 +2.87%
1990 2.27M +64,864 +2.94%
1989 2.21M +63,883 +2.98%
1988 2.14M +62,097 +2.99%
1987 2.08M +59,804 +2.96%
1986 2.02M +57,168 +2.91%
1985 1.96M +54,034 +2.83%
1984 1.91M +50,659 +2.73%
1983 1.86M +47,151 +2.6%
1982 1.81M +42,097 +2.38%
1981 1.77M +35,208 +2.03%
1980 1.73M +27,689 +1.62%
1979 1.71M +21,297 +1.26%
1978 1.69M +18,133 +1.09%
1977 1.67M +19,146 +1.16%
1976 1.65M +23,832 +1.47%
1975 1.62M +29,854 +1.87%
1974 1.59M +33,817 +2.17%
1973 1.56M +34,688 +2.27%
1972 1.53M +34,126 +2.29%
1971 1.49M +33,205 +2.28%
1970 1.46M +32,261 +2.26%
1969 1.43M +31,486 +2.26%
1968 1.39M +30,762 +2.26%
1967 1.36M +29,976 +2.25%
1966 1.33M +29,408 +2.25%
1965 1.3M +26,086 +2.04%
1964 1.28M +24,065 +1.92%
1963 1.25M +25,908 +2.11%
1962 1.23M +25,704 +2.14%
1961 1.2M +24,214 +2.05%
1960 1.18M

About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

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