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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Luxembourg	Laos	United States
Dec 31, 1999	433	5,286	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	438	5,397	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	443	5,499	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	448	5,578	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	454	5,654	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	460	5,746	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	467	5,836	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	474	5,931	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	482	6,035	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	491	6,145	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	500	6,257	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	509	6,368	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	521	6,477	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	533	6,586	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	547	6,695	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	560	6,804	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	571	6,912	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	586	7,019	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	599	7,127	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	610	7,234	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	623	7,343	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	633	7,452	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	643	7,560	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	651	7,666	333,288

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.

All data sources

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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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