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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	New Zealand
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	3,890
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	3,912
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	3,947
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	4,018
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	4,094
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	4,151
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	4,198
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	4,248
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	4,287
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	4,323
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	4,370
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	4,416
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	4,446
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	4,471
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	4,516
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	4,597
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	4,695
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	4,800
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	4,897
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	4,982
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	5,074
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	5,159
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	5,188
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	5,245

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

New Zealand

1870-1939: K. Rankin, "New Zealand's Gross National Product: 1859-1939, Review of Income and Wealth, March 1992, pp. 60-1., 1870 amended to include indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita)
1939-50: C. Clark, The Conditions of Economic Progress, third edition, Macmillan, London, 1957, pp. 171-2

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