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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	Bolivia	Albania	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,007	3,085	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,177	3,065	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,351	3,047	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,529	3,038	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,711	3,026	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,895	3,014	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,081	2,998	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,268	2,979	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,457	2,957	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,647	2,934	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,836	2,915	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,024	2,900	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,211	2,892	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,397	2,888	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,581	2,882	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,763	2,876	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,942	2,868	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,118	2,863	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,289	2,861	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,456	2,854	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,621	2,842	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,775	2,825	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,917	2,799	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	12,060	2,787	7,666

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

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

No separate list is published for Barbados, Albania, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.