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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	Laos	Afghanistan	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	22,206	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	22,461	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	22,507	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	23,600	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	25,005	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	25,698	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	26,335	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	27,154	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	27,387	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	27,706	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	28,484	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	29,121	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	29,758	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	30,420	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	31,108	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	31,823	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	32,564	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	33,332	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	34,125	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	34,941	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	35,972	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	37,034	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	38,127	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	39,252	651

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, Laos, Afghanistan, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.