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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	Yemen	Oman	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	70	16,728	2,348	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	71	17,236	2,403	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	71	17,762	2,457	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	72	18,310	2,510	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	72	18,855	2,562	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	72	19,410	2,613	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	72	20,000	2,663	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	72	20,611	2,713	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	72	21,236	2,764	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	73	21,878	2,816	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	73	22,533	2,871	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	73	23,195	2,928	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	73	23,880	2,986	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	73	24,594	3,047	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	73	25,311	3,110	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	73	26,020	3,174	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	74	26,698	3,240	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	74	27,347	3,307	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	74	27,985	3,375	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	74	28,608	3,444	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	75	29,216	3,512	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	75	29,811	3,582	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	76	30,399	3,651	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	76	31,058	3,696	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 Dominica, Yemen, Oman, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.