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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	Niger
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	10,424
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	10,785
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	11,170
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	11,580
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	12,015
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	12,472
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	12,954
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	13,459
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	13,986
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	14,532
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	15,092
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	15,669
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	16,263
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	16,903
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	17,569
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	18,242
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	18,957
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	19,708
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	20,462
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	21,228
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	22,023
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	22,842
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	23,691
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	24,587

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

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