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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	16,728	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	17,236	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	17,762	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	18,310	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	18,855	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	19,410	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	20,000	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	20,611	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	21,236	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	21,878	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	22,533	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	23,195	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	23,880	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	24,594	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	25,311	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	26,020	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	26,698	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	27,347	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	27,985	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	28,608	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	29,216	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	29,811	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	30,399	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	31,058	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.