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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	Barbados	Albania	Laos	Cyprus
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	5,286	818
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	5,397	826
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	5,499	835
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	5,578	845
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	5,654	855
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	5,746	867
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	5,836	879
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	5,931	894
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	6,035	913
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	6,145	937
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	6,257	962
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	6,368	988
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	6,477	1,013
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	6,586	1,029
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	6,695	1,026
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	6,804	1,015
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	6,912	1,009
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	7,019	1,014
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	7,127	1,023
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	7,234	1,036
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	7,343	1,050
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	7,452	1,062
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	7,560	1,072
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	7,666	1,087

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.

All data sources

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 Barbados, Albania, Laos, Cyprus; the database as a whole is cited above.