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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	Dominica	Laos	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	5,286	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	5,397	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	5,499	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	5,578	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	5,654	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	5,746	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	5,836	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	5,931	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	6,035	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	6,145	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	6,257	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	6,368	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	6,477	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	6,586	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	6,695	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	6,804	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	6,912	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	7,019	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	7,127	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	7,234	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	7,343	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	7,452	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	7,560	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	7,666	10,099

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, Dominica, Laos, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.