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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	5,286	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	5,397	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	5,499	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	5,578	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	5,654	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	5,746	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	5,836	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	5,931	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	6,035	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	6,145	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	6,257	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	6,368	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	6,477	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	6,586	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	6,695	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	6,804	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	6,912	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	7,019	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	7,127	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	7,234	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	7,343	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	7,452	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	7,560	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	7,666	34,280

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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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