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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	Burkina Faso	Laos	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	5,286	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	5,397	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	5,499	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	5,578	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	5,654	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	5,746	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	5,836	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	5,931	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	6,035	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	6,145	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	6,257	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	6,368	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	6,477	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	6,586	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	6,695	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	6,804	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	6,912	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	7,019	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	7,127	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	7,234	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	7,343	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	7,452	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	7,560	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	7,666	7,432

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, Burkina Faso, Laos, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.