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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	Guinea
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	5,286	7,610
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	5,397	7,780
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	5,499	7,821
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	5,578	7,906
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	5,654	8,121
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	5,746	8,317
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	5,836	8,478
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	5,931	8,650
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	6,035	8,860
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	6,145	9,091
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	6,257	9,327
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	6,368	9,571
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	6,477	9,825
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	6,586	10,084
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	6,695	10,351
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	6,804	10,632
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	6,912	10,924
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	7,019	11,225
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	7,127	11,534
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	7,234	11,855
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	7,343	12,160
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	7,452	12,469
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	7,560	12,778
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	7,666	13,087

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