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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	Oman	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	433	2,348	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	438	2,403	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	443	2,457	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	448	2,510	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	454	2,562	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	460	2,613	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	467	2,663	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	474	2,713	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	482	2,764	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	491	2,816	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	500	2,871	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	509	2,928	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	521	2,986	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	533	3,047	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	547	3,110	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	560	3,174	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	571	3,240	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	586	3,307	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	599	3,375	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	610	3,444	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	623	3,512	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	633	3,582	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	643	3,651	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	651	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

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