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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

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