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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	Kenya	Romania	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	30,192	22,414	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	31,025	22,262	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	31,919	22,106	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	32,865	21,931	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	33,846	21,828	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	34,880	21,704	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	35,961	21,571	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	37,093	21,443	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	38,248	21,129	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	39,441	20,779	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	40,668	20,607	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	41,900	20,485	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	43,198	20,385	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	44,470	20,296	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	45,639	20,224	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,808	20,151	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	47,983	20,055	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	49,095	19,938	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	50,201	19,823	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,357	19,713	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	52,522	19,622	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	53,691	19,496	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	54,867	19,351	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	55,924	19,266	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

Kenya

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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