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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	Moldova	China	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	1,248,899	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	1,258,401	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	1,267,178	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	1,275,379	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	1,283,064	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	1,290,620	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	1,298,245	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	1,305,116	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	1,311,877	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	1,318,559	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	1,324,993	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	1,331,357	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	1,339,549	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	1,349,537	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	1,357,520	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	1,366,654	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	1,373,406	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	1,382,401	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	1,390,136	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	1,395,398	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	1,400,035	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	1,402,060	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	1,402,537	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	1,401,693	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

China

1000-1661: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
1661–1933: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
1661–1933: Xu, Y. Z. Shi, B. van Leeuwen, Y Ni, Z Zhang, and Y Ma, (2016) 'Chinese National Income, ca. 1661-1933', Australian Economic History Review 57(3), 368–393
1952–2008: Wu, Harry X. (2014), “China’s growth and productivity performance debate revisited – Accounting for China’s sources of growth with a new data set” The Conference Board Economics Program Working Paper Series EWP#14-01.

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