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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Afghanistan	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	7,666

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Afghanistan, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.