Faroe Islands vs Laos: Population growth rate

Faroe Islands

1.3%

in 2023

Laos

1.4%

in 2023

Faroe Islands rank

90th

Laos rank

87th

Population growth rate over time

Laos currently reports 1.4% against 1.3% in Faroe Islands, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Laos ahead.

Globally, Faroe Islands ranks 90th and Laos ranks 87th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Population growth rate
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The annual rate at which the population is growing, expressed as a percentage.