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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	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

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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