Laos is listed with a population of 6,492,000 in the Lao Statistics Bureau’s 2015 row. The figure appears in a historical demographic series that also tracks birth rates, death rates, natural increase, and total fertility.
The 2015 entry is notable because it is lower than the table’s 2014 estimate of 6,809,000 and is followed by 6,787,000 in 2016. That apparent dip does not mean Laos suddenly lost hundreds of thousands of residents; it reflects a change in the underlying statistical basis, with the 2015 census serving as a benchmark for later estimates.
A nearby detailed age-and-sex table gives a more precise total of 6,492,228. That number can look like a competing answer, but the question asks for the population listed in the Lao Statistics Bureau row, where the published figure is rounded to 6,492,000.