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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	Luxembourg	Laos	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	433	5,286	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	438	5,397	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	443	5,499	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	448	5,578	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	454	5,654	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	460	5,746	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	467	5,836	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	474	5,931	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	482	6,035	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	491	6,145	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	500	6,257	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	509	6,368	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	521	6,477	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	533	6,586	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	547	6,695	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	560	6,804	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	571	6,912	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	586	7,019	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	599	7,127	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	610	7,234	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	623	7,343	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	633	7,452	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	643	7,560	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	651	7,666	5,556

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

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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