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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	Hong Kong SAR China	Laos	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,587	5,286	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,646	5,397	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,695	5,499	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,725	5,578	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,712	5,654	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	279	6,765	5,746	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	280	6,794	5,836	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,838	5,931	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,897	6,035	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,938	6,145	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,953	6,257	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,004	6,368	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,052	6,477	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,130	6,586	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,159	6,695	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,209	6,804	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	291	7,271	6,912	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,316	7,019	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,372	7,127	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,432	7,234	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,487	7,343	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,460	7,452	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,392	7,560	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,387	7,666	3,570

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, Hong Kong SAR China, Laos, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.