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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Venezuela	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	23,188	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	23,601	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	24,011	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	24,425	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	24,841	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	25,255	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	25,667	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	26,079	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	26,589	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	27,098	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	27,510	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	27,920	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	28,327	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	28,722	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	29,111	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	29,418	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	29,693	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	29,961	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	29,856	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	28,858	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	27,921	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	27,871	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	28,316	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	28,418	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

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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