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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	Sudan	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	23,087	26,168	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	23,487	26,771	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	23,887	27,387	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	24,273	28,017	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	24,645	28,662	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	24,989	29,321	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	25,255	29,996	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	25,484	30,686	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	25,732	31,393	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	25,998	32,137	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	26,298	33,078	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	26,664	33,891	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	27,081	34,568	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	27,505	35,293	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	27,917	36,093	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	28,311	37,058	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	28,678	38,165	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	29,034	39,294	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	29,384	40,512	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	29,718	41,764	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	30,057	42,952	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	30,595	44,121	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	31,311	45,290	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	31,845	46,498	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 Nepal, Sudan, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.