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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	North Korea	Oman	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	22,594	2,348	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	22,785	2,403	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	22,977	2,457	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	23,165	2,510	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	23,330	2,562	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	23,477	2,613	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	23,621	2,663	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	23,764	2,713	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	23,908	2,764	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	24,051	2,816	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	24,191	2,871	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	24,326	2,928	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	24,457	2,986	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	24,589	3,047	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	24,720	3,110	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	24,852	3,174	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	24,983	3,240	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	25,115	3,307	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	25,248	3,375	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	25,381	3,444	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	25,497	3,512	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	25,608	3,582	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	25,711	3,651	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	25,808	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.

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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

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

No separate list is published for Oman, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.