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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Romania	Burkina Faso	Laos
Dec 31, 2002	21,730,496	12,680,897	5,610,889
Dec 31, 2003	21,574,326	13,082,532	5,697,945
Dec 31, 2004	21,451,748	13,500,533	5,781,626
Dec 31, 2005	21,319,685	13,932,123	5,869,523
Dec 31, 2006	21,193,760	14,373,707	5,963,200
Dec 31, 2007	20,882,982	14,816,307	6,056,236
Dec 31, 2008	20,537,875	15,258,093	6,148,969
Dec 31, 2009	20,367,487	15,710,066	6,241,642
Dec 31, 2010	20,246,871	16,176,498	6,334,194
Dec 31, 2011	20,147,528	16,661,908	6,426,590
Dec 31, 2012	20,058,035	17,172,287	6,518,978
Dec 31, 2013	19,983,693	17,695,409	6,611,385
Dec 31, 2014	19,908,979	18,229,461	6,703,172
Dec 31, 2015	19,815,616	18,777,487	6,801,645
Dec 31, 2016	19,702,267	19,334,856	6,908,802
Dec 31, 2017	19,588,715	19,894,407	7,018,147
Dec 31, 2018	19,473,970	20,438,288	7,128,045
Dec 31, 2019	19,371,648	20,961,952	7,237,636
Dec 31, 2020	19,265,250	21,478,690	7,346,533
Dec 31, 2021	19,122,059	21,995,243	7,453,194
Dec 31, 2022	19,048,502	22,509,038	7,559,007
Dec 31, 2023	19,061,062	23,025,776	7,664,993
Dec 31, 2024	19,051,804	23,548,781	7,769,819
Dec 31, 2025	19,020,271	24,074,580	7,873,046