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Laos

Updated: November 2024

Key Insights
  • Laos’s GDP data are rated E, which equates to unusable for serious decision making.
  • The Laos Governance Index is also E rated, meaning the Government is untrustworthy, and may have interfered in the production of Government economic and demographic data.
  • Hence GDP size and growth data are suspect and unreliable, as is all data (such as GDP per capita) based on these data produced by the Government.
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POPULATION DATA QUALITY

The Population Data Quality Rating is derived from three factors: a country's latest Census Year; its Capacity for producing statistical data; and its Registration of Births data. Read more...

The three components are weighted to form the Population Data Quality Index.


Population Data Quality Ratings
Index: 0 = Extremely poor quality, 100 = Good as it gets
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Country
 Rank
Order		 Population
Data Quality
(Index, 0-100)		 Population
Data Quality
(Rating, A-E)		 Census
Years
(Out-of-date)		 Statistical Capacity
(Index, 0-100)		 Registration of Births
(% of total)




Ireland 1 100.0 A 1 100.0 100.0
Kuwait 2 100.0 A 1 100.0 100.0
Australia 3 99.2 A 2 100.0 100.0
Canada 4 99.2 A 2 100.0 100.0
United Kingdom 5 99.2 A 2 100.0 100.0
Armenia 6 98.7 A 1 94.4 99.3
Japan 7 98.5 A 3 100.0 100.0
Oman 8 98.5 A 3 100.0 100.0
Qatar 9 98.5 A 3 100.0 100.0
Singapore 10 98.5 A 3 100.0 99.9
United States 11 98.5 A 3 100.0 100.0
Saudi Arabia 12 98.3 A 3 100.0 99.2
Kyrgyzstan 13 97.8 A 1 90.0 98.9
Korea, Rep. 14 97.7 A 4 100.0 100.0
Mauritius 15 97.1 A 1 85.6 100.0
New Zealand 16 97.0 A 5 100.0 100.0
Slovenia 17 97.0 A 5 100.0 100.0
Mongolia 18 96.8 A 3 92.2 99.6
Russia 19 95.7 A 2 82.2 100.0
Taiwan 20 95.6 A 3 0.0 91.3
Brazil 21 95.5 A 1 81.1 96.4
France 22 95.4 A 7 100.0 100.0
Hong Kong 23 95.4 A 7 100.0 100.0
Thailand 24 95.1 A 3 83.3 99.8
Türkiye 25 95.1 A 2 81.1 98.4
Kazakhstan 26 95.0 A 2 78.9 99.7
Poland 27 95.0 A 2 78.9 100.0
China 28 94.5 A 3 80.0 100.0
Belarus 29 94.4 A 4 83.3 100.0
Argentina 30 94.2 A 3 78.9 99.7
Mexico 31 93.9 A 3 80.0 97.0
Malaysia 32 93.8 B 3 76.7 100.0
North Macedonia 33 93.6 B 2 72.2 99.8
Chile 34 93.4 B 6 86.7 99.4
Philippines 35 93.3 B 3 82.2 91.8
Turkmenistan 36 92.9 B 3 72.2 99.9
Ukraine 37 92.9 B 3 72.2 99.8
Colombia 38 92.8 B 5 82.2 96.8
Egypt 39 92.5 B 6 82.2 99.4
Azerbaijan 40 92.4 B 4 80.0 93.6
Italy 41 92.4 B 11 100.0 100.0
Moldova 42 92.1 B 9 91.1 99.6
Tajikistan 43 92.1 B 3 72.2 95.8
Vietnam 44 91.8 B 4 74.4 96.1
Austria 45 91.6 B 12 100.0 100.0
Belgium 46 91.6 B 12 100.0 100.0
Cyprus 47 91.6 B 12 100.0 100.0
Czechia 48 91.6 B 12 100.0 100.0
Denmark 49 91.6 B 12 100.0 100.0
Germany 50 91.6 B 12 100.0 100.0
Greece 51 91.6 B 12 100.0 100.0
Iceland 52 91.6 B 12 100.0 100.0
Luxembourg 53 91.6 B 12 100.0 100.0
Malta 54 91.6 B 12 100.0 100.0
Netherlands 55 91.6 B 12 100.0 100.0
Norway 56 91.6 B 12 100.0 100.0
Portugal 57 91.6 B 12 100.0 100.0
Spain 58 91.6 B 12 100.0 100.0
Sweden 59 91.6 B 12 100.0 100.0
Peru 60 91.5 B 6 80.0 96.4
Georgia 61 91.2 B 9 87.8 98.5
Indonesia 62 91.0 B 3 85.6 77.0
Bahamas, The 63 90.9 C 13 100.0 100.0
Bahrain 64 90.9 C 13 100.0 100.0
Finland 65 90.9 C 13 100.0 100.0
Guatemala 66 90.9 C 5 73.3 96.4
Switzerland 67 90.9 C 13 100.0 100.0
United Arab Emirates 68 90.9 C 13 100.0 100.0
Israel 69 90.1 C 14 100.0 100.0
Panama 70 90.0 C 3 61.1 96.7
Costa Rica 71 89.8 C 12 91.1 99.6
Jordan 72 89.8 C 8 77.8 98.0
Serbia 73 89.4 C 12 88.9 99.9
Croatia 74 89.0 C 12 86.7 100.0
Albania 75 88.9 C 12 87.8 98.4
Bulgaria 76 88.8 C 12 85.6 100.0
Romania 77 88.5 C 12 84.4 100.0
Bhutan 78 88.2 C 6 60.0 99.9
Lithuania 79 87.9 C 2 43.3 100.0
Sri Lanka 80 87.8 C 11 80.0 97.2
Ghana 81 87.6 C 2 71.1 70.6
Uruguay 82 87.6 C 12 80.0 99.8
Mali 83 87.1 C 4 60.0 86.7
Algeria 84 86.9 C 5 50.0 99.6
Morocco 85 86.6 C 9 66.7 96.9
Burkina Faso 86 85.9 C 5 67.8 76.9
Tunisia 87 85.7 C 9 58.9 99.9
South Africa 88 85.6 C 12 81.1 88.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina 89 85.1 C 10 60.0 99.5
Myanmar 90 85.1 C 9 74.4 81.3
India 91 84.8 C 12 76.7 89.1
Sierra Leone 92 84.8 C 8 60.0 90.4
Cambodia 93 84.4 D 4 60.0 73.3
Malawi 94 84.4 D 5 70.0 67.2
Rwanda 95 84.2 D 11 73.3 85.6
Bolivia 96 84.1 D 11 66.7 91.9
Honduras 97 83.9 D 10 56.7 97.0
Dominican Republic 98 83.8 D 13 72.2 92.2
Suriname 99 83.6 D 11 57.8 98.3
El Salvador 100 83.3 D 16 82.2 91.2
Comoros 101 83.0 D 6 46.7 87.3
Benin 102 82.7 D 10 62.2 85.6
Kenya 103 82.7 D 4 57.8 66.9
Madagascar 104 82.6 D 5 54.4 73.8
Cote d'Ivoire 105 82.5 D 9 71.1 71.7
Latvia 106 82.3 D 12 53.3 100.0
Senegal 107 82.2 D 10 66.7 78.7
Jamaica 108 82.1 D 12 54.4 98.0
Laos 109 81.7 D 8 62.2 73.0
Nepal 110 81.5 D 12 72.2 77.2
Ecuador 111 81.4 D 13 65.6 87.2
Eswatini 112 81.1 D 6 71.1 53.5
Guyana 113 81.1 D 11 45.6 98.1
Togo 114 81.0 D 13 67.8 82.9
Estonia 115 80.4 D 11 40.0 100.0
Paraguay 116 79.7 D 11 65.6 71.0
Hungary 117 79.6 D 12 40.0 100.0
Mozambique 118 79.6 D 6 62.2 55.0
Slovak Republic 119 79.6 D 12 40.0 100.0
Botswana 120 79.1 D 12 50.0 87.5
Gabon 121 79.1 D 10 40.0 89.6
Pakistan 122 79.1 D 6 72.2 42.2
Gambia 123 79.0 E 10 70.0 59.0
Niger 124 79.0 E 11 68.9 63.9
Lesotho 125 77.9 E 7 67.8 44.5
Burundi 126 77.6 E 15 57.8 83.5
Namibia 127 77.5 E 12 51.1 78.1
Guinea 128 76.5 E 9 51.1 62.0
Nigeria 129 76.1 E 5 53.3 42.6
Congo, Rep. 130 75.6 E 16 38.9 95.9
Bangladesh 131 74.8 E 12 60.0 56.0
Uganda 132 74.6 E 9 71.1 32.2
Mauritania 133 74.3 E 10 61.1 44.8
Liberia 134 74.2 E 15 57.8 66.3
Zimbabwe 135 73.9 E 11 58.9 48.7
Sudan 136 73.7 E 15 54.4 67.3
Nicaragua 137 73.4 E 18 46.7 84.7
Haiti 138 73.2 E 20 53.3 84.8
Libya 139 72.8 E 17 25.6 99.0
Zambia 140 71.9 E 3 53.3 14.0
Tanzania 141 70.4 E 11 63.3 26.4
Guinea-Bissau 142 69.1 E 14 48.9 46.0
Cameroon 143 68.8 E 18 46.7 61.9
Uzbekistan 144 68.5 E 34 67.8 99.9
Angola 145 68.0 E 9 45.6 25.0
Chad 146 66.2 E 14 54.4 25.7
Papua New Guinea 147 64.8 E 12 52.2 13.4
Central African Republic 148 61.9 E 20 36.7 44.8
Ethiopia 149 58.7 E 16 47.8 2.7
Yemen, Rep. 150 58.0 E 19 27.8 30.7
Afghanistan 151 47.4 E 44 57.8 42.3
Congo, Dem. Rep 152 47.2 E 39 40.0 40.1
Lebanon 153 28.7 E 80 44.4 98.9

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Data Notes
Population Data Quality Index numbers shown on a scale of 0-100.
         0 = Poor, 100 = Excellent.

Rating definitions:
         A: As good as it gets
         B: Good
         C: Use with caution
         D: Poor
         E: Extremely poor quality

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POPULATION PROFILE

World Economics has collated key demographic data for Laos in the table below. The data covers Population size, average age and dependency ratios.


Population Profile
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 Population
Size
(Millions)		 Median
Age
(Years)		 Fertility
Rate
(2023)		 Age
Dependency
(Young)		 Age
Dependency
(Old)		 Age
Dependency
(Total)




India 1,438.1 27.6 2.0% 36.1% 10.5% 46.6%
China 1,422.6 37.9 1.0% 23.1% 21.2% 44.2%
United States 343.5 37.7 1.6% 26.8% 27.7% 54.4%
Indonesia 281.2 29.4 2.1% 36.1% 10.7% 46.8%
Pakistan 247.5 20.2 3.6% 62.1% 7.3% 69.4%
Nigeria 227.9 17.0 4.5% 73.3% 5.5% 78.8%
Brazil 211.1 32.8 1.6% 28.4% 15.9% 44.3%
Bangladesh 171.5 26.3 2.2% 42.7% 9.9% 52.6%
Russia 145.4 38.8 1.5% 26.4% 26.2% 52.6%
Mexico 129.7 29.0 1.9% 36.5% 12.3% 48.7%
Ethiopia 128.7 18.5 4.0% 67.7% 5.6% 73.3%
Japan 124.4 48.4 1.2% 19.5% 50.7% 70.1%
Philippines 114.9 24.5 1.9% 41.8% 8.2% 50.1%
Egypt 114.5 23.9 2.8% 50.9% 8.1% 59.0%
Congo, Dem. Rep 105.8 15.6 6.1% 90.5% 6.0% 96.5%
Vietnam 100.4 32.0 1.9% 34.3% 13.4% 47.6%
Türkiye 87.3 30.9 1.6% 31.4% 15.1% 46.5%
Germany 84.5 44.9 1.4% 22.1% 36.9% 59.0%
Thailand 71.7 39.3 1.2% 21.1% 22.0% 43.1%
United Kingdom 68.7 39.6 1.6% 27.1% 30.8% 57.9%
Tanzania 66.6 16.8 4.6% 78.2% 5.6% 83.8%
France 66.4 41.6 1.6% 26.9% 36.1% 63.0%
South Africa 63.2 27.1 2.2% 38.4% 9.9% 48.3%
Italy 59.5 46.8 1.2% 18.7% 38.8% 57.5%
Kenya 55.3 19.2 3.2% 61.2% 4.9% 66.1%
Myanmar 54.1 29.0 2.1% 35.5% 10.7% 46.2%
Colombia 52.3 30.8 1.7% 29.0% 14.0% 43.0%
Korea, Rep. 51.7 43.4 0.7% 15.1% 27.5% 42.5%
Sudan 50.0 18.4 4.3% 72.0% 5.9% 77.9%
Uganda 48.7 15.9 4.3% 80.2% 4.0% 84.3%
Spain 47.9 43.9 1.2% 19.6% 32.1% 51.7%
Algeria 46.2 27.8 2.8% 48.1% 10.4% 58.5%
Argentina 45.5 31.3 1.5% 32.7% 18.8% 51.6%
Afghanistan 41.5 16.7 4.8% 78.4% 4.4% 82.8%
Yemen, Rep. 39.4 18.7 4.6% 73.0% 4.5% 77.5%
Canada 39.3 40.2 1.4% 23.2% 30.4% 53.6%
Poland 38.8 40.9 1.3% 22.8% 31.0% 53.7%
Ukraine 37.7 40.8 1.0% 20.7% 28.2% 48.9%
Morocco 37.7 28.7 2.2% 38.7% 12.3% 51.0%
Angola 36.7 16.2 5.1% 84.0% 5.4% 89.4%
Uzbekistan 35.7 26.6 3.5% 49.3% 9.3% 58.6%
Malaysia 35.1 29.9 1.6% 30.9% 11.0% 41.9%
Peru 33.8 28.2 2.0% 35.9% 13.8% 49.7%
Ghana 33.8 20.4 3.4% 59.2% 6.1% 65.4%
Mozambique 33.6 16.8 4.8% 84.3% 5.2% 89.5%
Saudi Arabia 33.3 29.8 2.3% 32.5% 4.0% 36.6%
Madagascar 31.2 19.0 4.0% 68.5% 5.9% 74.4%
Cote d'Ivoire 31.2 17.6 4.3% 72.3% 4.6% 76.9%
Nepal 29.7 23.7 2.0% 43.7% 10.0% 53.7%
Cameroon 28.4 17.5 4.3% 74.3% 5.0% 79.3%
Australia 26.5 37.0 1.6% 27.7% 27.5% 55.2%
Niger 26.2 14.5 6.1% 91.7% 5.1% 96.8%
Mali 23.8 15.1 5.6% 89.6% 4.6% 94.3%
Taiwan 23.3 41.3 0.9% 16.9% 27.8% 44.7%
Burkina Faso 23.0 16.6 4.2% 75.3% 4.8% 80.0%
Sri Lanka 23.0 32.5 2.0% 33.4% 18.4% 51.8%
Malawi 21.1 16.8 3.7% 71.8% 4.6% 76.3%
Zambia 20.7 16.9 4.1% 73.3% 3.4% 76.7%
Kazakhstan 20.3 29.5 3.0% 47.4% 14.0% 61.4%
Chile 19.7 34.9 1.2% 24.6% 20.5% 45.1%
Chad 19.3 15.0 6.1% 88.9% 4.1% 92.9%
Romania 19.1 41.9 1.7% 24.4% 31.1% 55.5%
Guatemala 18.1 22.1 2.3% 49.7% 7.6% 57.3%
Netherlands 18.1 41.7 1.4% 23.3% 31.8% 55.1%
Senegal 18.1 17.8 3.8% 65.6% 6.2% 71.8%
Ecuador 18.0 27.6 1.8% 36.4% 12.4% 48.8%
Cambodia 17.4 26.5 2.6% 46.5% 9.6% 56.1%
Zimbabwe 16.3 18.1 3.7% 73.6% 6.5% 80.1%
Guinea 14.4 17.7 4.2% 73.5% 6.2% 79.7%
Benin 14.1 17.5 4.6% 75.1% 5.6% 80.7%
Rwanda 14.0 19.0 3.7% 63.6% 6.7% 70.3%
Burundi 13.7 15.6 4.9% 84.7% 4.8% 89.5%
Bolivia 12.2 23.9 2.6% 46.1% 8.7% 54.9%
Tunisia 12.2 31.7 1.8% 36.2% 14.3% 50.5%
Belgium 11.7 40.9 1.4% 25.2% 32.4% 57.6%
Haiti 11.6 23.0 2.7% 48.7% 7.3% 56.0%
Jordan 11.4 23.4 2.6% 47.3% 7.0% 54.3%
Dominican Republic 11.3 27.1 2.2% 40.6% 12.0% 52.6%
Czechia 10.8 42.6 1.5% 24.2% 32.7% 56.8%
Honduras 10.6 23.4 2.5% 47.1% 6.8% 53.9%
United Arab Emirates 10.6 32.8 1.2% 19.6% 2.2% 21.8%
Sweden 10.6 39.5 1.4% 27.3% 33.3% 60.6%
Portugal 10.4 45.0 1.5% 20.4% 39.1% 59.6%
Tajikistan 10.4 21.5 3.1% 60.6% 6.4% 67.0%
Papua New Guinea 10.4 21.8 3.1% 53.1% 5.5% 58.6%
Azerbaijan 10.3 31.4 1.7% 31.3% 12.3% 43.6%
Greece 10.2 44.7 1.3% 21.0% 38.1% 59.1%
Hungary 9.7 42.7 1.5% 22.3% 32.5% 54.8%
Togo 9.3 18.7 4.2% 69.0% 5.6% 74.6%
Israel 9.3 29.0 2.8% 45.7% 20.9% 66.6%
Austria 9.1 42.8 1.3% 21.8% 31.6% 53.5%
Belarus 9.1 40.2 1.2% 24.7% 26.8% 51.4%
Switzerland 8.9 41.8 1.4% 23.0% 30.8% 53.8%
Sierra Leone 8.5 18.8 3.8% 64.9% 5.5% 70.4%
Laos 7.7 23.8 2.4% 46.4% 7.2% 53.5%
Hong Kong 7.4 44.9 0.7% 15.7% 33.9% 49.6%
Turkmenistan 7.4 25.8 2.7% 49.3% 7.1% 56.3%
Libya 7.3 26.3 2.4% 40.6% 7.4% 48.0%
Kyrgyzstan 7.1 23.7 2.8% 52.2% 9.2% 61.4%
Paraguay 6.8 25.6 2.4% 44.1% 10.1% 54.1%
Nicaragua 6.8 24.5 2.2% 43.8% 8.4% 52.2%
Bulgaria 6.8 44.5 1.8% 22.8% 34.7% 57.5%
Serbia 6.8 42.9 1.5% 22.7% 36.0% 58.7%
El Salvador 6.3 26.3 1.8% 37.0% 12.2% 49.2%
Congo, Rep. 6.2 18.2 4.2% 71.5% 5.3% 76.8%
Denmark 5.9 41.3 1.5% 24.7% 32.9% 57.6%
Singapore 5.8 41.8 0.9% 15.7% 18.3% 33.9%
Lebanon 5.8 28.3 2.2% 41.1% 15.9% 57.0%
Finland 5.6 42.4 1.3% 23.8% 38.9% 62.7%
Norway 5.5 39.3 1.4% 24.9% 28.9% 53.8%
Slovak Republic 5.5 40.6 1.6% 24.0% 28.2% 52.2%
Liberia 5.5 17.9 4.0% 69.1% 5.8% 74.9%
Ireland 5.2 37.6 1.6% 28.3% 24.2% 52.6%
New Zealand 5.2 36.5 1.7% 28.0% 26.6% 54.6%
Central African Republic 5.2 14.7 6.0% 100.3% 4.4% 104.7%
Costa Rica 5.1 32.9 1.3% 27.3% 17.7% 45.0%
Oman 5.0 28.8 2.5% 34.0% 3.6% 37.7%
Mauritania 5.0 17.6 4.7% 79.0% 6.0% 85.0%
Kuwait 4.8 38.3 1.5% 23.2% 3.9% 27.1%
Panama 4.5 28.8 2.1% 37.9% 14.2% 52.1%
Croatia 3.9 43.7 1.5% 22.1% 36.9% 59.0%
Georgia 3.8 36.4 1.8% 32.7% 24.6% 57.3%
Mongolia 3.4 26.8 2.7% 51.4% 8.2% 59.6%
Uruguay 3.4 35.2 1.4% 27.9% 24.4% 52.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.2 41.8 1.5% 20.1% 34.3% 54.5%
Moldova 3.1 36.1 1.7% 30.9% 25.3% 56.3%
Qatar 3.0 33.0 1.7% 18.1% 2.0% 20.1%
Namibia 3.0 21.3 3.2% 62.3% 6.2% 68.5%
Armenia 2.9 34.4 1.7% 28.7% 20.4% 49.1%
Lithuania 2.9 43.7 1.2% 22.6% 31.0% 53.5%
Jamaica 2.8 30.8 1.4% 25.6% 11.2% 36.8%
Albania 2.8 37.3 1.4% 25.4% 25.5% 51.0%
Gambia 2.7 16.8 4.0% 71.0% 5.4% 76.4%
Gabon 2.5 21.6 3.7% 61.4% 6.9% 68.3%
Botswana 2.5 23.5 2.7% 50.3% 6.3% 56.7%
Lesotho 2.3 22.1 2.7% 56.0% 6.3% 62.3%
Guinea-Bissau 2.2 18.3 3.8% 66.8% 5.5% 72.3%
Slovenia 2.1 43.2 1.6% 23.2% 34.3% 57.4%
Latvia 1.9 43.6 1.3% 24.5% 34.6% 59.1%
North Macedonia 1.8 38.3 1.5% 25.8% 27.7% 53.5%
Bahrain 1.6 32.7 1.8% 24.2% 5.0% 29.1%
Estonia 1.4 41.5 1.4% 24.8% 33.8% 58.6%
Cyprus 1.3 37.6 1.4% 23.2% 21.1% 44.3%
Mauritius 1.3 36.8 1.2% 20.7% 18.9% 39.5%
Eswatini 1.2 21.5 2.8% 53.5% 6.8% 60.3%
Comoros 0.9 20.1 3.9% 63.6% 7.7% 71.2%
Guyana 0.8 25.5 2.4% 45.5% 10.5% 56.0%
Bhutan 0.8 28.2 1.5% 28.8% 8.9% 37.7%
Luxembourg 0.7 38.7 1.4% 23.0% 22.5% 45.5%
Suriname 0.6 27.9 2.3% 38.6% 11.9% 50.5%
Malta 0.5 39.0 1.1% 19.5% 30.3% 49.8%
Bahamas, The 0.4 32.4 1.4% 25.5% 16.7% 42.2%
Iceland 0.4 35.9 1.5% 26.7% 23.5% 50.2%

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