What is the difference in population between Lao PDR and Turkmenistan?

300,560 people, with Lao PDR ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Lao PDR and Turkmenistan?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Lao PDR vs Turkmenistan: Population

Lao PDR

7.67 million people

in 2023

Turkmenistan

7.36 million people

in 2023

Lao PDR rank

103rd

Turkmenistan rank

105th

Population over time

Lao PDR
Turkmenistan

How they compare

Lao PDR currently reports 7.67 million people against 7.36 million people in Turkmenistan, a difference of 300,560 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Lao PDR ahead.

Lao PDR ranks 103rd and Turkmenistan ranks 105th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Lao PDR averaged higher in 39 and Turkmenistan in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lao PDR	Turkmenistan	Difference	Ahead
1000s	242,857 people	170,000 people	72,857 people	Lao PDR
1100s	274,285 people	182,000 people	92,285 people	Lao PDR
1200s	305,714 people	194,000 people	111,714 people	Lao PDR
1300s	337,142 people	206,000 people	131,142 people	Lao PDR
1400s	368,571 people	220,000 people	148,571 people	Lao PDR
1500s	400,000 people	240,000 people	160,000 people	Lao PDR
1600s	500,000 people	280,000 people	220,000 people	Lao PDR
1700s	600,000 people	310,000 people	290,000 people	Lao PDR
1710s	610,000 people	330,823 people	279,177 people	Lao PDR
1720s	620,000 people	349,202 people	270,798 people	Lao PDR
1730s	630,000 people	368,602 people	261,398 people	Lao PDR
1740s	640,000 people	389,080 people	250,920 people	Lao PDR
1750s	650,000 people	410,695 people	239,305 people	Lao PDR
1760s	660,000 people	433,512 people	226,488 people	Lao PDR
1770s	670,000 people	457,596 people	212,404 people	Lao PDR
1780s	680,000 people	483,018 people	196,982 people	Lao PDR
1790s	690,000 people	509,852 people	180,148 people	Lao PDR
1800s	470,000 people	367,215 people	102,785 people	Lao PDR
1810s	470,090 people	367,282 people	102,807 people	Lao PDR
1820s	491,063 people	383,055 people	108,008 people	Lao PDR
1830s	539,503 people	419,402 people	120,102 people	Lao PDR
1840s	593,149 people	459,517 people	133,632 people	Lao PDR
1850s	648,315 people	503,365 people	144,951 people	Lao PDR
1860s	703,822 people	551,258 people	152,564 people	Lao PDR
1870s	813,442 people	603,709 people	209,733 people	Lao PDR
1880s	1.01 million people	661,150 people	347,010 people	Lao PDR
1890s	1.25 million people	724,056 people	525,524 people	Lao PDR
1900s	1.34 million people	792,948 people	551,128 people	Lao PDR
1910s	1.17 million people	868,406 people	300,487 people	Lao PDR
1920s	961,814 people	951,349 people	10,466 people	Lao PDR
1930s	893,751 people	1.04 million people	148,595 people	Turkmenistan
1940s	1.25 million people	1.14 million people	108,942 people	Lao PDR
1950s	1.87 million people	1.41 million people	461,968 people	Lao PDR
1960s	2.36 million people	1.89 million people	466,395 people	Lao PDR
1970s	2.96 million people	2.47 million people	491,400 people	Lao PDR
1980s	3.71 million people	3.22 million people	487,949 people	Lao PDR
1990s	4.85 million people	4.14 million people	711,251 people	Lao PDR
2000s	5.83 million people	5.01 million people	823,317 people	Lao PDR
2010s	6.77 million people	6.16 million people	607,531 people	Lao PDR
2020s	7.51 million people	7.16 million people	346,782 people	Lao PDR

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Lao PDR or Turkmenistan?: Lao PDR, at 7.67 million people against 7.36 million people in Turkmenistan as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Lao PDR and Turkmenistan?: 300,560 people, with Lao PDR ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lao PDR and Turkmenistan?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Lao PDR and Turkmenistan rank globally for population?: Lao PDR ranks 103rd and Turkmenistan ranks 105th 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 Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.