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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	Benin	Albania	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	3,085	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	3,065	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	3,047	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	3,038	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	3,026	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	3,014	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	2,998	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	2,979	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	2,957	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	2,934	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	2,915	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	2,900	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	2,892	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	2,888	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	2,882	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	2,876	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	2,868	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	2,863	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	2,861	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	2,854	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	2,842	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	2,825	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	2,799	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	2,787	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 Benin, Albania, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.