Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Estonia	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	1,378	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	1,400	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	1,391	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	1,382	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	1,374	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	1,365	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	1,357	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	1,349	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	1,341	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	1,337	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	1,334	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	1,332	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	1,328	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	1,324	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	1,319	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	1,314	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	1,312	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	1,314	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	1,314	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	1,318	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	1,323	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	1,327	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	1,329	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	1,330	590

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, Estonia, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.