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	Yemen	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	16,728	78
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	17,236	79
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	17,762	80
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	18,310	81
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	18,855	82
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	19,410	83
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	20,000	84
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	20,611	85
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	21,236	86
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	21,878	87
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	22,533	87
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	23,195	88
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	23,880	89
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	24,594	90
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	25,311	91
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	26,020	92
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	26,698	92
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	27,347	93
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	27,985	94
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	28,608	95
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	29,216	96
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	29,811	97
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	30,399	98
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	31,058	98

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, Yemen, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.