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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Djibouti
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	51,181	646
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	52,782	669
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	54,453	693
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	56,170	716
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	57,860	691
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	59,599	657
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	61,474	666
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	63,479	679
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	65,590	694
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	67,800	709
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	70,114	725
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	72,550	741
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	75,138	757
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	77,792	774
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	80,534	792
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	83,368	810
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	86,229	828
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	89,193	847
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	92,209	865
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	95,232	884
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	98,320	898
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	101,499	912
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	104,767	924
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	108,171	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, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti; the database as a whole is cited above.