Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Cape Verde	Laos	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	422	5,286	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	430	5,397	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	275	438	5,499	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	276	447	5,578	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	278	455	5,654	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	279	463	5,746	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	280	471	5,836	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	281	478	5,931	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	282	486	6,035	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	283	494	6,145	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	285	501	6,257	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	6,368	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	287	516	6,477	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	288	524	6,586	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	289	531	6,695	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	290	539	6,804	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	291	546	6,912	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	291	553	7,019	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	292	562	7,127	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	293	568	7,234	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	294	574	7,343	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	294	580	7,452	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	295	585	7,560	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	295	590	7,666	1,330

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, Cape Verde, Laos, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.