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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	Malaysia
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	22,132
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	22,695
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	23,291
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	23,874
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	24,437
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	24,993
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	25,543
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	26,086
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	26,620
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	27,161
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	27,715
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	28,268
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	28,750
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	29,163
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	29,568
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	29,977
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	30,387
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	30,782
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	31,164
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	31,539
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	31,903
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	32,257
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	32,603
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	32,956

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

Malaysia

1900-1939: Nazrin Shah, S. (2017). Charting the Economy: Early 20th Century Malaya and Contemporary Malaysian Contrasts, Oxford University Press

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