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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	Oman	Burkina Faso	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	422	2,348	11,075	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	430	2,403	11,405	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	438	2,457	11,828	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	447	2,510	12,380	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	455	2,562	12,829	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	463	2,613	13,178	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	471	2,663	13,540	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	478	2,713	13,917	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	486	2,764	14,309	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	494	2,816	14,722	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	501	2,871	15,152	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	509	2,928	15,600	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	516	2,986	16,064	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	524	3,047	16,563	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	531	3,110	17,072	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	539	3,174	17,575	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	546	3,240	18,094	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	553	3,307	18,621	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	562	3,375	19,157	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	568	3,444	19,698	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	574	3,512	20,242	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	580	3,582	20,788	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	585	3,651	21,336	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	590	3,696	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.

All data sources

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, Oman, Burkina Faso, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.