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	Mali	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	10,596	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	10,833	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	10,890	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	11,007	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	11,307	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	11,579	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	11,804	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	12,043	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	12,337	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	12,657	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	12,986	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	13,325	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	13,679	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	14,040	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	14,412	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	14,803	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	15,210	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	15,629	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	16,060	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	16,507	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	16,967	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	17,442	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	17,930	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	18,494	167

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, Mali, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.