Urban Population / Laos
Laos Urban Population
Laos urban population data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 40.31%.
COUNTRY: Laos
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-09-29 18:45:21
GM ECONOMY RATING
Laos · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
B
54 / 100
Fragile stability
Fiscal stability
3.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
16.0 / 20
External stability
10.0 / 15
Financial robustness
5.0 / 15
Structural stability
10.0 / 15
Future capacity
8.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
4.5 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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Laos · urban population data as percent of GDP.
Latest
40.31%
Previous
39.56%
Range avg.
37.02%
Rank
94
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CountryLaos
IndicatorUrban Population
40.31%2025 · Rank 94
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Laos recorded 40.31% for Urban Population in 2025, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2024, the indicator increased by 0.76 percentage points, from 39.56% to 40.31%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (37.02%).
Across the five latest available observations (2021–2025), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 33.83% in 2016 and the high was 40.31% in 2025.
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