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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	Cameroon	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	15,483	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	15,913	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	16,354	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	16,815	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	17,289	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	17,764	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	18,249	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	18,746	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	19,278	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	19,843	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	20,419	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	21,002	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	21,586	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	22,181	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	22,800	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	23,513	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	24,273	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	24,995	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	25,680	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	26,373	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	27,114	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	27,878	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	28,663	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	29,417	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, Malta, Cameroon, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.