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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	Vietnam	Burkina Faso	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	78,394	11,075	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	79,472	11,405	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	80,546	11,828	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	81,637	12,380	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	82,720	12,829	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	83,821	13,178	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	84,942	13,540	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	86,036	13,917	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	87,136	14,309	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	88,253	14,722	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	89,373	15,152	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	90,481	15,600	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	91,591	16,064	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	92,720	16,563	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	93,883	17,072	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	95,055	17,575	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	96,222	18,094	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	97,380	18,621	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	98,507	19,157	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	99,604	19,698	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	100,695	20,242	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	101,771	20,788	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	102,815	21,336	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	103,574	21,889	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 Vietnam, Burkina Faso, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.