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	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	1,378	78
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	1,400	79
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	1,391	80
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	1,382	81
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	1,374	82
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	1,365	83
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	1,357	84
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	1,349	85
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	1,341	86
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	1,337	87
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	1,334	87
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	1,332	88
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	1,328	89
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	1,324	90
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	1,319	91
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	1,314	92
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	1,312	92
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	1,314	93
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	1,314	94
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	1,318	95
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	1,323	96
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	1,327	97
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	1,329	98
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	1,330	98

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, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.