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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	Djibouti
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	5,286	646
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	5,397	669
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	5,499	693
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	5,578	716
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	5,654	691
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	5,746	657
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	5,836	666
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	5,931	679
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	6,035	694
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	6,145	709
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	6,257	725
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	6,368	741
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	6,477	757
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	6,586	774
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	6,695	792
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	6,804	810
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	6,912	828
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	7,019	847
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	7,127	865
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	7,234	884
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	7,343	898
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	7,452	912
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	7,560	924
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	7,666	937

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, Djibouti; the database as a whole is cited above.