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	Denmark	Laos	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,322	5,286	78
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,339	5,397	79
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,358	5,499	80
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,377	5,578	81
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,391	5,654	82
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,404	5,746	83
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,420	5,836	84
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,438	5,931	85
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,461	6,035	86
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,494	6,145	87
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,524	6,257	87
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,548	6,368	88
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,571	6,477	89
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,592	6,586	90
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,614	6,695	91
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,644	6,804	92
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,683	6,912	92
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,730	7,019	93
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,766	7,127	94
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,795	7,234	95
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,818	7,343	96
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,831	7,452	97
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,855	7,560	98
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,907	7,666	98

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, Denmark, Laos, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.