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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	United Kingdom	Burkina Faso	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	58,946	11,075	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	59,149	11,405	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	59,377	11,828	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	59,631	12,380	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	59,903	12,829	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	60,217	13,178	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	60,682	13,540	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	61,098	13,917	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	61,593	14,309	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	62,100	14,722	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	62,539	15,152	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	63,040	15,600	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	63,567	16,064	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	63,989	16,563	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	64,392	17,072	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	64,885	17,575	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	65,400	18,094	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	65,941	18,621	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	66,335	19,157	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	66,732	19,698	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,095	20,242	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	67,380	20,788	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	67,651	21,336	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,093	21,889	7,666

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

United Kingdom

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1252–1700 (England): Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1700–1870: Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1870-1950: C.H. Feinstein, National Income Expenditure and Output of the United Kingdom 1855-1965, Cambridge, 1972

No separate list is published for Barbados, Burkina Faso, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.