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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	Cameroon	Burkina Faso	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	11,075	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	11,405	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	11,828	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	12,380	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	12,829	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	13,178	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	13,540	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	13,917	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	14,309	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	14,722	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	15,152	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	15,600	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	16,064	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	16,563	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	17,072	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	17,575	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	18,094	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	18,621	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	19,157	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	19,698	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	20,242	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	20,788	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	21,336	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	21,889	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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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 Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.