🇱🇦Lao PDR

Vientiane

Asia

Lower middle income

LAO

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Population

7.9M

1.3%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

2.40

births/woman

Life Expectancy

69.2y

GDP / capita

$2.3K

Pop. Growth

1.32%

Net Migration

-10.6K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Lao PDR by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇻🇳Viet Nam21.4K(45.0%)

+44%

🇨🇳China15.1K(31.8%)

+87%

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Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male4MTotal 7.9M3.9MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇹🇭Thailand3.7K(7.8%)

+54%

🇲🇲Myanmar3.2K(6.7%)

+108%

🇦🇺Australia230(0.5%)

+109%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Lao PDR diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Lao PDR who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇹🇭Thailand285.8K(43.4%)

+32%

🇺🇸United States176.6K(26.8%)

−8%

🇧🇩Bangladesh118.8K(18.0%)

+43%

🇫🇷France36.6K(5.6%)

−9%

🇨🇦Canada13.3K(2.0%)

−9%

🇦🇺Australia11.8K(1.8%)

+6%

🇨🇳China9.9K(1.5%)

+758%

🇯🇵Japan3.9K(0.6%)

+58%

🇳🇨New Caledonia656(0.1%)

−15%

🇦🇷Argentina618(0.1%)

+9%

🇰🇭Cambodia294(0.0%)

+2%

🇪🇬Egypt, Arab Rep.235(0.0%)

−40%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024