Population, long-run history: compare countries

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Sudan
Laos

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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	Sudan	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	26,168	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	26,771	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	27,387	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	28,017	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	28,662	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	29,321	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	29,996	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	30,686	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	31,393	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	32,137	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	33,078	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	33,891	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	34,568	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	35,293	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	36,093	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	37,058	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	38,165	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	39,294	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	40,512	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	41,764	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	42,952	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	44,121	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	45,290	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	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 Sudan, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.