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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	433	5,286	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	438	5,397	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	443	5,499	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	448	5,578	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	454	5,654	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	460	5,746	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	467	5,836	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	474	5,931	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	482	6,035	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	491	6,145	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	500	6,257	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	509	6,368	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	521	6,477	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	533	6,586	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	547	6,695	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	560	6,804	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	571	6,912	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	586	7,019	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	599	7,127	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	610	7,234	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	623	7,343	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	633	7,452	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	643	7,560	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	651	7,666	31,058

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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.