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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	Morocco	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	28,400	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	28,744	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	29,094	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	29,447	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	29,806	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	30,169	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	30,552	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,953	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,354	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	31,754	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	32,154	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,553	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	32,951	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	33,346	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	33,737	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	34,124	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	34,511	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	34,898	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	35,279	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	35,653	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	36,018	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	36,375	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	36,723	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	37,101	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.

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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, Morocco, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.