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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	Saudi Arabia	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	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

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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