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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	Guatemala	Burkina Faso	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	11,487	11,075	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	11,728	11,405	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	11,968	11,828	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	12,258	12,380	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	12,556	12,829	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	12,873	13,178	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	13,200	13,540	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	13,517	13,917	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	13,828	14,309	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	14,139	14,722	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	14,452	15,152	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	14,769	15,600	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	15,088	16,064	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	15,405	16,563	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	15,719	17,072	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	16,030	17,575	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	16,337	18,094	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	16,636	18,621	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	16,929	19,157	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	17,223	19,698	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	17,518	20,242	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	17,812	20,788	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	18,106	21,336	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	18,348	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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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 Guatemala, Burkina Faso, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.