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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	Luxembourg	Central African Republic	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	3,889	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	3,980	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	4,054	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	4,128	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	4,215	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	4,289	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	4,363	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	4,449	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	4,544	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	4,641	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	4,742	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	4,845	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	4,950	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	5,057	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	5,167	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	5,278	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	5,392	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	5,507	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	5,625	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	5,745	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	5,874	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	6,025	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	6,154	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	6,291	7,666

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, Luxembourg, Central African Republic, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.