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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	Tajikistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	6,110
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	6,229
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	6,339
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	6,452
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	6,567
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	6,688
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	6,814
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	6,943
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	7,076
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	7,211
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	7,348
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	7,485
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	7,624
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	7,765
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	7,905
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	8,045
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	8,185
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	8,322
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	8,458
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	8,593
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	8,727
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	8,860
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	8,990
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	9,177

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