East Asia & Pacific · capital Vientiane
Lao PDR
#102 by population · Lower middle income · ISO LAO
Population right now
8,005,934
312.0 net per day · 1 birth every 191.5 s
·anchor 7,873,046 on 1 Jul 2025
·0.096% of the world
👶 Births today
397
0% of the way to the next birth · 0 while you've been here
⚰️ Deaths today
117
0% of the way to the next death · 0 while you've been here
🧳 Net migration / yr
−2,129
5-yr avg from 2025
📈 Net growth / day
+275
1.45% per year, from births − deaths + migration
Profile
Birth rate
20.93 /1,000
2024
Death rate
6.19 /1,000
2024
Fertility
2.40 births/woman
Life expectancy
69.2 yrs
Aged 0–14
29.8%
Aged 65+
4.8%
Urban
40.3%
Land area
236,800 km²
Density
33.2 /km²
GDP / capita
$2,325
2025
Trend
Population 2015–2025
Same region
Largest neighbours
How these numbers are made. Nobody counts people in real time.
Each figure is recomputed every frame from a World Bank anchor and rate:
pop(now) = 7,873,046 + 0.0036/s × elapsed since 1 Jul 2025
births/day = 451 (crude birth rate 20.93/1,000, 2024)
deaths/day = 133 (crude death rate 6.19/1,000, 2024)
Births and deaths are estimates for a hypothetical average day; they do not reflect
seasonality, and the migration figure is a 5-year average. World Bank's separately
published growth rate is 1.32%/yr; the rate shown above is derived
from the components so it always agrees with the counter. Full method →