Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Laos	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	5,286	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	5,397	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	5,499	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	5,578	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	5,654	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	5,746	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	5,836	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	5,931	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	6,035	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	6,145	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	6,257	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	6,368	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	6,477	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	6,586	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	6,695	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	6,804	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	6,912	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	7,019	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	7,127	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	7,234	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	7,343	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	7,452	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	7,560	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	7,666	39,252

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