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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	Rwanda
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	7,808
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	7,868
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	7,981
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	8,144
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	8,288
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	8,468
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	8,645
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	8,834
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	9,060
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	9,290
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	9,489
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	9,702
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	9,973
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	10,271
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	10,590
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	10,900
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	11,122
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	11,344
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	11,634
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	11,913
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	12,181
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	12,426
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	12,655
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	12,951

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