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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	Iran	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	64,704	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,411	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,167	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	66,689	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	67,807	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	68,480	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	69,325	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	70,158	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	71,040	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	71,942	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	72,888	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	73,826	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	74,625	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	75,446	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	76,418	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	77,521	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	78,652	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	79,700	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	80,725	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	81,721	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	82,685	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,614	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	84,505	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	85,108	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.

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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

Iran

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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