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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	Nepal	Laos	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	23,087	5,286	433
Dec 31, 2000	23,487	5,397	438
Dec 31, 2001	23,887	5,499	443
Dec 31, 2002	24,273	5,578	448
Dec 31, 2003	24,645	5,654	454
Dec 31, 2004	24,989	5,746	460
Dec 31, 2005	25,255	5,836	467
Dec 31, 2006	25,484	5,931	474
Dec 31, 2007	25,732	6,035	482
Dec 31, 2008	25,998	6,145	491
Dec 31, 2009	26,298	6,257	500
Dec 31, 2010	26,664	6,368	509
Dec 31, 2011	27,081	6,477	521
Dec 31, 2012	27,505	6,586	533
Dec 31, 2013	27,917	6,695	547
Dec 31, 2014	28,311	6,804	560
Dec 31, 2015	28,678	6,912	571
Dec 31, 2016	29,034	7,019	586
Dec 31, 2017	29,384	7,127	599
Dec 31, 2018	29,718	7,234	610
Dec 31, 2019	30,057	7,343	623
Dec 31, 2020	30,595	7,452	633
Dec 31, 2021	31,311	7,560	643
Dec 31, 2022	31,845	7,666	651

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