Laos vs Turkmenistan
Laos has 3% more people than Turkmenistan: 7,873,046 vs 7,618,847, a gap of 254,199. Turkmenistan is growing faster (+1.65% vs +1.32% a year), adding about 125,375 people a year against +103,910. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Turkmenistan would overtake Laos in about 10 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2035) — a projection, not a forecast. Laos is 2.1× as densely populated (33.2 vs 15.7 people per km²). GDP per capita is 2.8× higher in Turkmenistan ($6,540 vs $2,325).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Laos) and 2025 (Turkmenistan); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Laos vs Turkmenistan — side by side
 Laos |  Turkmenistan | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 7,873,0462025 | 7,618,8472025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +1.32%2025 | +1.65%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 20.92024 | 20.92024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 6.22024 | 5.82024 |
| Children per woman | 2.402024 | 2.662024 |
| Life expectancy | 69.2 yrs2024 | 70.2 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 29.8%2025 | 31.2%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 4.8%2025 | 4.8%2025 |
| Density | 33.2 /km²2023 | 15.7 /km²2023 |
| Area | 236,800 km²2023 | 491,209 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 40.3%2025 | 47.1%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -10,6452025 | +13,2682025 |
| GDP per capita | $2,3252025 | $6,5402025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #102 | #103 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.10% | 0.09% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Laos: 3.7× from 1960 to 2025; Turkmenistan: 4.6× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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