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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	Nicaragua
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	4,778
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	4,866
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	4,952
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	5,036
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	5,116
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	5,193
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	5,267
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	5,338
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	5,408
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	5,476
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	5,541
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	5,604
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	5,666
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	5,728
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	5,789
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	5,849
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	5,908
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	5,967
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	6,026
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	6,085
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	6,170
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	6,255
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	6,343
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	6,433

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, Nicaragua; the database as a whole is cited above.