Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Sudan	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	26,168	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	26,771	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	27,387	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	28,017	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	28,662	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	29,321	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	29,996	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	30,686	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	31,393	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	32,137	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	33,078	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	33,891	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	34,568	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	35,293	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	36,093	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	37,058	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	38,165	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	39,294	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	40,512	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	41,764	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	42,952	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	44,121	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	45,290	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	46,498	590

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.

All data sources

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, Sudan, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.