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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	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	433	5,286	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	438	5,397	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	443	5,499	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	448	5,578	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	454	5,654	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	460	5,746	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	467	5,836	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	474	5,931	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	482	6,035	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	491	6,145	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	500	6,257	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	509	6,368	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	521	6,477	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	533	6,586	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	547	6,695	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	560	6,804	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	571	6,912	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	586	7,019	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	599	7,127	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	610	7,234	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	623	7,343	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	633	7,452	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	643	7,560	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	651	7,666	6,910

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 Luxembourg, Laos, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.