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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	Montenegro	Laos	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	623	5,286	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	623	5,397	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	623	5,499	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	622	5,578	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	621	5,654	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	621	5,746	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	621	5,836	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	620	5,931	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	620	6,035	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	621	6,145	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	622	6,257	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	623	6,368	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	622	6,477	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	622	6,586	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	622	6,695	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	621	6,804	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	620	6,912	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	618	7,019	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	616	7,127	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	614	7,234	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	613	7,343	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	612	7,452	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	611	7,560	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	610	7,666	3,570

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

Montenegro

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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