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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	70	5,286	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	71	5,397	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	71	5,499	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	72	5,578	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	72	5,654	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	72	5,746	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	72	5,836	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	72	5,931	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	72	6,035	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	73	6,145	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	73	6,257	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	73	6,368	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	73	6,477	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	73	6,586	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	73	6,695	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	73	6,804	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	74	6,912	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	74	7,019	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	74	7,127	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	74	7,234	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	75	7,343	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	75	7,452	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	76	7,560	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	76	7,666	31,058

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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.