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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	Chile	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	15,140	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	15,340	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	15,513	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	15,686	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	15,859	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	16,029	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	16,222	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	16,364	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	16,536	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	16,700	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	16,864	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	16,999	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	17,189	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	17,378	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	17,545	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	17,720	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	17,904	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	18,099	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	18,350	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	18,681	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	19,035	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	19,385	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	19,604	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	19,715	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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

No separate list is published for Barbados, Luxembourg, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.