China vs Laos
China vs Laos: Tropical nights
Tropical nights in 2014: 41.5 nights in China and 192.8 nights in Laos, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in Laos, by 151.4 nights, or 4.65 times that in China.
nights a year · CMIP6
What the numbers say
- Laos has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
- The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts China at 63.3 nights and Laos at 246.3 nights in 2100.
Every year
nights a year · CMIP6
| Year | China | Laos |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 41.5 | 192.8 |
| 2013 | 41.7 | 195.1 |
| 2012 | 40.8 | 191.6 |
| 2011 | 40.2 | 193 |
| 2010 | 40.5 | 190.7 |
| 2009 | 39.5 | 189.1 |
| 2008 | 39.2 | 188.6 |
| 2007 | 38.7 | 185.3 |
| 2006 | 39.5 | 188.6 |
| 2005 | 39.5 | 186.1 |
| 2004 | 39.7 | 191.4 |
| 2003 | 38.5 | 183.8 |
| 2002 | 38.8 | 184.7 |
| 2001 | 39.5 | 190.3 |
| 2000 | 38.6 | 185.1 |
| 1999 | 38.5 | 183.9 |
| 1998 | 37.6 | 184.9 |
| 1997 | 37.1 | 184.9 |
| 1996 | 36.6 | 177.4 |
| 1995 | 35.1 | 176.6 |
| 1994 | 34.9 | 179.4 |
| 1993 | 33.2 | 170.4 |
| 1992 | 32.3 | 165.3 |
| 1991 | 35.9 | 178.5 |
| 1990 | 36.4 | 181.2 |
| 1989 | 36.1 | 176.1 |
| 1988 | 35.1 | 178.1 |
| 1987 | 34.5 | 177.3 |
| 1986 | 34 | 176.9 |
| 1985 | 33.5 | 172.3 |
| 1984 | 33.4 | 175.7 |
| 1983 | 31.5 | 166.9 |
| 1982 | 34.1 | 173.8 |
| 1981 | 34.2 | 174.1 |
| 1980 | 34.3 | 175.3 |
| 1979 | 33.8 | 174.1 |
| 1978 | 34.8 | 170.7 |
| 1977 | 33.3 | 172.6 |
| 1976 | 32.7 | 169.8 |
| 1975 | 33.1 | 169.3 |
| 1974 | 33.3 | 171.2 |
| 1973 | 33.1 | 177.3 |
| 1972 | 32.6 | 169.3 |
| 1971 | 33 | 168.6 |
| 1970 | 32.4 | 169.4 |
| 1969 | 33.4 | 171.8 |
| 1968 | 32.8 | 170.3 |
| 1967 | 33.4 | 164.6 |
| 1966 | 33.4 | 171.4 |
| 1965 | 32.5 | 168.3 |
| 1964 | 32.1 | 164.5 |
| 1963 | 34.5 | 166.3 |
| 1962 | 34 | 173 |
| 1961 | 34.6 | 175 |
| 1960 | 34.1 | 173.2 |
| 1959 | 34 | 170.1 |
| 1958 | 35 | 176.9 |
| 1957 | 34.4 | 171.8 |
| 1956 | 34.6 | 173.3 |
| 1955 | 34.2 | 172.8 |
| 1954 | 34.2 | 171.8 |
| 1953 | 34.3 | 171.8 |
| 1952 | 34.3 | 173.6 |
| 1951 | 35.1 | 175.3 |
| 1950 | 34.9 | 172.1 |
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2015–2100
| Year | China | Laos |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 42.334.8–49.8 | 198.2176.6–216.8 |
| 2016 | 42.134.4–50 | 193174.6–213.8 |
| 2017 | 43.135.3–51.6 | 198.1178.2–215.1 |
| 2018 | 42.335.5–49.5 | 198.8178.8–218.7 |
| 2019 | 43.836.5–51.1 | 200.6172.9–217.8 |
| 2020 | 43.736.8–51.1 | 201.8177.8–220 |
| 2021 | 44.136–52.1 | 204.2184–224.5 |
| 2022 | 44.737.5–52.7 | 205.2182.2–225.7 |
| 2023 | 45.737.8–53.4 | 206.2187.2–224.3 |
| 2024 | 45.738.1–54 | 205.2186.3–221.9 |
| 2025 | 46.337.5–54.8 | 206.1181.2–224 |
| 2026 | 46.237.6–55.5 | 207.5183.6–226.9 |
| 2027 | 46.138–54.9 | 206.4185.8–226.4 |
| 2028 | 46.438.4–54.3 | 208.4186.8–230.5 |
| 2029 | 46.939.1–55.6 | 215.3189.5–232.4 |
| 2030 | 47.138.8–55.3 | 209.8189.3–227.8 |
| 2031 | 4738.8–56 | 211.6194.2–230.7 |
| 2032 | 48.339.3–57.4 | 211.4191–229.3 |
| 2033 | 47.939.7–56.6 | 212.8193.9–231.8 |
| 2034 | 48.440.5–57.3 | 214.5190.9–236 |
| 2035 | 49.740.8–58.6 | 213.3192.8–234.5 |
| 2036 | 4940.1–58.2 | 213.6191.7–231.6 |
| 2037 | 4941.2–57.6 | 215.7195.2–234.2 |
| 2038 | 50.542.4–59.3 | 221.3202.2–238.1 |
| 2039 | 49.641.2–59.2 | 216195.9–235.9 |
| 2040 | 50.942.4–60.4 | 217.2196.2–235.1 |
| 2041 | 51.342.5–61.1 | 221.3199.8–240.8 |
| 2042 | 51.642–61.5 | 221.3200.3–239.4 |
| 2043 | 50.742.7–61 | 218.2199.3–237.8 |
| 2044 | 51.942.4–61.9 | 219.8194.2–237.9 |
| 2045 | 51.542.8–61.1 | 223.9202.3–242.4 |
| 2046 | 5343.7–62.7 | 222.1198–239 |
| 2047 | 53.544.5–62.5 | 225202.1–243.8 |
| 2048 | 53.144–62.6 | 226.8204.9–247.7 |
| 2049 | 52.843.8–63.3 | 226.6206–249 |
| 2050 | 53.644.4–63.8 | 226.9207.5–245.6 |
| 2051 | 54.345.1–64.8 | 229.3208.8–247.3 |
| 2052 | 53.444.6–63.2 | 228.7209.4–244.4 |
| 2053 | 54.244.2–64.2 | 227.2206.2–247.2 |
| 2054 | 54.545.3–64.8 | 228206.7–247.3 |
| 2055 | 5545.1–65.8 | 227.3206.6–248.1 |
| 2056 | 55.245.1–66.6 | 232.1212.8–253.7 |
| 2057 | 54.844.9–65.7 | 227.9207.9–248.4 |
| 2058 | 55.145.8–67.7 | 229.6207.8–249.3 |
| 2059 | 55.345.1–67.2 | 233.1214.1–249.5 |
| 2060 | 57.246.9–68.1 | 237.7213.2–253.7 |
| 2061 | 56.546.6–66.3 | 233.5210–254.8 |
| 2062 | 56.846.9–68.5 | 230.6209–257.1 |
| 2063 | 57.247.2–68.6 | 232.2211–250.9 |
| 2064 | 5747.1–67.7 | 235213.9–252 |
| 2065 | 57.347.1–67.8 | 232.1213.7–253.3 |
| 2066 | 57.347.9–68.7 | 232.1212.3–251.7 |
| 2067 | 57.546.4–68.2 | 231.7205.9–254.2 |
| 2068 | 58.748.5–70.5 | 235.6212.3–256.8 |
| 2069 | 58.548.4–69 | 237.4213.9–257.5 |
| 2070 | 5847.6–71.7 | 234.4213.7–255.9 |
| 2071 | 59.347.4–71.6 | 236212.9–260.4 |
| 2072 | 59.248.1–71.5 | 239214.7–254.8 |
| 2073 | 59.849.1–70.9 | 239.6220.8–259 |
| 2074 | 59.648.7–71.1 | 239214.1–260.4 |
| 2075 | 58.748.3–71.4 | 238.6215.1–260.7 |
| 2076 | 60.249–70.9 | 240.5216.9–263.9 |
| 2077 | 60.851.1–72.4 | 242.2222.7–262.5 |
| 2078 | 59.648.8–72.4 | 242.1215.9–260.8 |
| 2079 | 60.750.1–72.6 | 241.1222.6–260.6 |
| 2080 | 59.950–72.3 | 240.8220.6–264.8 |
| 2081 | 60.950–73.2 | 242.8217.4–264.5 |
| 2082 | 6149.8–73.3 | 243.2216.6–262.4 |
| 2083 | 61.251.2–73.6 | 239.6219.9–261.2 |
| 2084 | 61.749.7–74.6 | 241.7215.2–260 |
| 2085 | 61.250.8–75.2 | 243.6221.2–266.3 |
| 2086 | 61.648.9–74.5 | 244.4218.2–267.7 |
| 2087 | 61.650.6–75 | 243.8219.7–267 |
| 2088 | 62.750.5–77.1 | 246.1224.3–269.6 |
| 2089 | 61.950–75.2 | 242.8220.1–268.3 |
| 2090 | 62.551.4–73.7 | 242.8226.2–266.1 |
| 2091 | 63.852–75.7 | 245.5221.4–267 |
| 2092 | 63.251.2–75.1 | 243.1220.1–266.5 |
| 2093 | 63.252–75.4 | 242.1221.2–263.6 |
| 2094 | 6351.1–76.3 | 245.7224.8–267.6 |
| 2095 | 63.952.8–76.4 | 249.4222.7–273.4 |
| 2096 | 63.852.2–76.8 | 244.6221.7–268.3 |
| 2097 | 62.750.7–75.1 | 244.8221–265.4 |
| 2098 | 63.451.2–76.8 | 245.4224.3–268 |
| 2099 | 63.851.9–76.1 | 247.3220.9–265.1 |
| 2100 | 63.351.7–76.2 | 246.3220–266.4 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Nights in a year when the temperature stays above 20 °C, averaged over the country.
- Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal, CMIP6 multi-model median.
- The dashed line is the CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its models’ 10th–90th percentile.
- Climate model values are the median of the CMIP6 models, run on past emissions to 2014 and on SSP2-4.5, a middle-of-the-road path, after: they are not measurements.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
China vs Laos
Health
- Life expectancyChina: 78 years in 2023Laos: 69 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChina: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024Laos: 2.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChina: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Laos: 31.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionChina: 3.31% in 2017Laos: 2.91% in 2017
- Suicide rateChina: 7.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Laos: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChina: 1.42 billion people in 2023Laos: 7.67 million people in 2023
- Population growthChina: -0.24% a year in 2023Laos: 1.38% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChina: 1 births per woman in 2023Laos: 2.42 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChina: 66.3% in 2025Laos: 40.3% in 2025
- Median ageChina: 39.1 years in 2023Laos: 24.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChina: 14.3% in 2023Laos: 4.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateChina: -0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Laos: -1.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChina: 1.73% of GDP in 2025Laos: 0.19% of GDP in 2013
- Military spending in US dollarsChina: $335B in 2025Laos: $21.8M in 2013
- Military spending per personChina: $237 in 2025Laos: $3 in 2013
- Military share of state spendingChina: 5.1% of government spending in 2025Laos: 0.8% of government spending in 2013
- Armed forces personnelChina: 2.54 million people in 2020Laos: 129,000 people in 2020
- National powerChina: 23.41% of world capability in 2022Laos: 0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChina: 0.33% of the labour force in 2020Laos: 4.08% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChina: 207 million TIV in 2025Laos: 7 million TIV in 2024