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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Laos	Netherlands
Dec 31, 2002	264,148	5,610,889	16,148,929
Dec 31, 2003	265,776	5,697,945	16,225,302
Dec 31, 2004	267,298	5,781,626	16,281,779
Dec 31, 2005	268,706	5,869,523	16,319,868
Dec 31, 2006	270,002	5,963,200	16,346,101
Dec 31, 2007	271,288	6,056,236	16,381,696
Dec 31, 2008	272,714	6,148,969	16,445,593
Dec 31, 2009	274,123	6,241,642	16,530,388
Dec 31, 2010	275,243	6,334,194	16,615,394
Dec 31, 2011	276,139	6,426,590	16,693,074
Dec 31, 2012	276,938	6,518,978	16,754,962
Dec 31, 2013	277,665	6,611,385	16,804,432
Dec 31, 2014	278,348	6,703,172	16,865,008
Dec 31, 2015	278,990	6,801,645	16,939,923
Dec 31, 2016	279,598	6,908,802	17,030,314
Dec 31, 2017	280,171	7,018,147	17,131,296
Dec 31, 2018	280,711	7,128,045	17,231,624
Dec 31, 2019	281,207	7,237,636	17,344,874
Dec 31, 2020	281,698	7,346,533	17,441,500
Dec 31, 2021	282,147	7,453,194	17,533,044
Dec 31, 2022	282,318	7,559,007	17,700,982
Dec 31, 2023	282,336	7,664,993	17,877,117
Dec 31, 2024	282,467	7,769,819	17,993,485
Dec 31, 2025	282,623	7,873,046	18,087,633