Population, long-run history: compare countries

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Chad
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	Chad	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	7,559	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	7,821	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	8,092	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	8,395	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	8,763	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	9,191	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	9,594	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	9,967	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	10,338	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	10,728	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	11,139	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	11,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	11,983	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	12,427	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	12,895	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	13,379	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	13,823	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	14,277	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	14,765	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	15,252	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	15,750	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	16,257	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	16,776	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	17,307	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 Chad, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.