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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	Cape Verde	Laos	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	422	5,286	433
Dec 31, 2000	430	5,397	438
Dec 31, 2001	438	5,499	443
Dec 31, 2002	447	5,578	448
Dec 31, 2003	455	5,654	454
Dec 31, 2004	463	5,746	460
Dec 31, 2005	471	5,836	467
Dec 31, 2006	478	5,931	474
Dec 31, 2007	486	6,035	482
Dec 31, 2008	494	6,145	491
Dec 31, 2009	501	6,257	500
Dec 31, 2010	509	6,368	509
Dec 31, 2011	516	6,477	521
Dec 31, 2012	524	6,586	533
Dec 31, 2013	531	6,695	547
Dec 31, 2014	539	6,804	560
Dec 31, 2015	546	6,912	571
Dec 31, 2016	553	7,019	586
Dec 31, 2017	562	7,127	599
Dec 31, 2018	568	7,234	610
Dec 31, 2019	574	7,343	623
Dec 31, 2020	580	7,452	633
Dec 31, 2021	585	7,560	643
Dec 31, 2022	590	7,666	651

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 Cape Verde, Laos, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.