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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	Seychelles	Estonia	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	78	1,378	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	79	1,400	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	80	1,391	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	81	1,382	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	82	1,374	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	83	1,365	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	84	1,357	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	85	1,349	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	86	1,341	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	87	1,337	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	87	1,334	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	88	1,332	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	89	1,328	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	90	1,324	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	91	1,319	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	92	1,314	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	92	1,312	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	93	1,314	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	94	1,314	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	95	1,318	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	96	1,323	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	97	1,327	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	98	1,329	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	98	1,330	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 Seychelles, Estonia, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.