Population, long-run history: compare countries

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Yemen
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	Yemen	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	16,728	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	17,236	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	17,762	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	18,310	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	18,855	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	19,410	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	20,000	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	20,611	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	21,236	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	21,878	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	22,533	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	23,195	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	23,880	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	24,594	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	25,311	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	26,020	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	26,698	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	27,347	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	27,985	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	28,608	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	29,216	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	29,811	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	30,399	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	31,058	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 Yemen, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.