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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	Cambodia	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	12,122	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	12,317	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	12,504	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	12,691	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	12,881	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	13,076	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	13,276	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	13,461	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	13,630	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	13,808	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	13,990	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	14,162	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	14,322	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	14,480	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	14,637	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	14,793	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	14,994	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	15,238	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	15,480	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	15,717	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	15,944	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	16,149	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	16,338	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	16,514	651

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, Cambodia, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.