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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	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	64,835

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