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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	Malta	Chile	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	15,140	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	15,340	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	15,513	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	15,686	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	15,859	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	16,029	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	16,222	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	16,364	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	16,536	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	16,700	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	16,864	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	16,999	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	17,189	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	17,378	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	17,545	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	17,720	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	17,904	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	18,099	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	18,350	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	18,681	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	19,035	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	19,385	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	19,604	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	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, Malta, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.