India vs Laos: World population growth
India
-0.5%
in 2100
Laos
-0.5%
in 2100
India rank
154th
Laos rank
153rd
World population growth over time
- India
- Laos
How they compare
Laos currently reports -0.5% against -0.5% in India, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 163 shared years of data; in 1700 it was India ahead.
India ranks 154th and Laos ranks 153rd of 238 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, India averaged higher in 8 and Laos in 15.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Laos | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1700s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | India |
| 1800s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | India |
| 1900s | 0.4% | -0.0% | 0.4% | India |
| 1910s | 0.2% | -1.7% | 1.9% | India |
| 1920s | 0.7% | -1.9% | 2.6% | India |
| 1930s | 1.3% | -0.1% | 1.4% | India |
| 1940s | -0.1% | 4.6% | 4.7% | Laos |
| 1950s | 2.3% | 2.3% | 0.0% | Laos |
| 1960s | 2.3% | 2.3% | 0.0% | Laos |
| 1970s | 2.3% | 2.1% | 0.2% | India |
| 1980s | 2.3% | 2.7% | 0.4% | Laos |
| 1990s | 2.0% | 2.4% | 0.3% | Laos |
| 2000s | 1.6% | 1.5% | 0.1% | India |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 1.5% | 0.3% | Laos |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 1.3% | 0.5% | Laos |
| 2030s | 0.6% | 0.9% | 0.3% | Laos |
| 2040s | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.3% | Laos |
| 2050s | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Laos |
| 2060s | -0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Laos |
| 2070s | -0.3% | -0.1% | 0.1% | Laos |
| 2080s | -0.4% | -0.3% | 0.1% | Laos |
| 2090s | -0.5% | -0.4% | 0.0% | Laos |
| 2100s | -0.5% | -0.5% | 0.0% | Laos |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher world population growth, India or Laos?
- Laos, at -0.5% against -0.5% in India as of 2100.
- What is the difference in world population growth between India and Laos?
- 0.0%, with Laos ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Laos?
- 163 years are reported by both, from 1700 to 2100.
- How do India and Laos rank globally for world population growth?
- India ranks 154th and Laos ranks 153rd of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as World population growth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average exponential rate of growth of the population over a given period. It is calculated as ln(P2/P1) where P1 and P2 are the populations on subsequent years. Available from 1700 to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.