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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	Laos	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	78	5,286	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	79	5,397	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	80	5,499	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	81	5,578	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	82	5,654	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	83	5,746	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	84	5,836	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	85	5,931	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	86	6,035	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	87	6,145	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	87	6,257	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	88	6,368	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	89	6,477	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	90	6,586	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	91	6,695	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	92	6,804	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	92	6,912	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	93	7,019	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	94	7,127	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	95	7,234	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	96	7,343	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	97	7,452	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	98	7,560	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	98	7,666	5,042

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, Laos, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.