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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	Malawi
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	11,310
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	11,658
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	12,020
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	12,395
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	12,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	13,196
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	13,625
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	14,072
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	14,539
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	15,026
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	15,525
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	16,028
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	16,534
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	17,042
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	17,551
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	18,060
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	18,571
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	19,086
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	19,603
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	20,122
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	20,640
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	21,159
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	21,677
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	22,239

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.

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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

Malawi

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.