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Population by country

Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Papua New Guinea	Laos
Dec 31, 2002	5,924,003	5,610,889
Dec 31, 2003	6,123,997	5,697,945
Dec 31, 2004	6,328,041	5,781,626
Dec 31, 2005	6,535,905	5,869,523
Dec 31, 2006	6,747,720	5,963,200
Dec 31, 2007	6,963,345	6,056,236
Dec 31, 2008	7,183,002	6,148,969
Dec 31, 2009	7,406,438	6,241,642
Dec 31, 2010	7,633,523	6,334,194
Dec 31, 2011	7,859,346	6,426,590
Dec 31, 2012	8,081,390	6,518,978
Dec 31, 2013	8,302,698	6,611,385
Dec 31, 2014	8,523,441	6,703,172
Dec 31, 2015	8,743,246	6,801,645
Dec 31, 2016	8,961,718	6,908,802
Dec 31, 2017	9,178,714	7,018,147
Dec 31, 2018	9,394,513	7,128,045
Dec 31, 2019	9,609,010	7,237,636
Dec 31, 2020	9,815,746	7,346,533
Dec 31, 2021	10,012,896	7,453,194
Dec 31, 2022	10,203,169	7,559,007
Dec 31, 2023	10,389,635	7,664,993
Dec 31, 2024	10,576,502	7,769,819
Dec 31, 2025	10,762,817	7,873,046