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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	Angola
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	11,334
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	11,676
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	12,030
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	12,443
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	12,936
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	13,480
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	14,012
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	14,535
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	15,084
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	15,658
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	16,260
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	16,885
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	17,525
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	18,202
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	18,908
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	19,624
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	20,354
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	21,098
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	21,859
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	22,638
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	23,437
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	24,253
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	25,089
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	25,878

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

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