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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	Cyprus	Burkina Faso	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	818	11,075	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	826	11,405	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	835	11,828	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	845	12,380	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	855	12,829	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	867	13,178	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	879	13,540	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	894	13,917	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	913	14,309	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	937	14,722	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	962	15,152	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	988	15,600	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	1,013	16,064	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	1,029	16,563	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	1,026	17,072	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	1,015	17,575	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	1,009	18,094	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	1,014	18,621	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	1,023	19,157	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	1,036	19,698	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	1,050	20,242	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	1,062	20,788	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	1,072	21,336	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	1,087	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 Cyprus, Burkina Faso, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.