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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	422	5,286	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	430	5,397	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	438	5,499	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	447	5,578	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	455	5,654	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	463	5,746	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	471	5,836	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	478	5,931	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	486	6,035	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	494	6,145	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	501	6,257	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	6,368	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	516	6,477	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	524	6,586	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	531	6,695	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	539	6,804	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	546	6,912	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	553	7,019	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	562	7,127	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	568	7,234	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	574	7,343	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	580	7,452	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	585	7,560	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	590	7,666	46,498

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