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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	Algeria	Albania	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	30,083	3,085	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	30,515	3,065	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	30,952	3,047	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	31,397	3,038	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	31,847	3,026	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	32,320	3,014	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	32,785	2,998	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	33,286	2,979	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	33,866	2,957	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	34,480	2,934	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	35,126	2,915	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	35,805	2,900	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	36,506	2,892	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	37,215	2,888	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	37,930	2,882	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	38,650	2,876	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	39,372	2,868	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	40,087	2,863	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	40,787	2,861	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	41,471	2,854	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	42,135	2,842	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	42,779	2,825	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	43,401	2,799	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	44,114	2,787	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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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 Algeria, Albania, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.