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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	Albania	Djibouti
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	3,085	646
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	3,065	669
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	3,047	693
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	3,038	716
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	3,026	691
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	3,014	657
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	2,998	666
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	2,979	679
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	2,957	694
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	2,934	709
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	2,915	725
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	2,900	741
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	2,892	757
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	2,888	774
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	2,882	792
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	2,876	810
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	2,868	828
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	2,863	847
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	2,861	865
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	2,854	884
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	2,842	898
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	2,825	912
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	2,799	924
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	2,787	937

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, Albania, Djibouti; the database as a whole is cited above.