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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	Dominica	Laos	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	70	5,286	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	71	5,397	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	71	5,499	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	72	5,578	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	72	5,654	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	72	5,746	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	72	5,836	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	72	5,931	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	72	6,035	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	73	6,145	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	73	6,257	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	73	6,368	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	73	6,477	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	73	6,586	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	73	6,695	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	73	6,804	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	74	6,912	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	74	7,019	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	74	7,127	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	74	7,234	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	75	7,343	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	75	7,452	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	76	7,560	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	76	7,666	46,498

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 Dominica, Laos, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.