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	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	5,286	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	5,397	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	5,499	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	5,578	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	5,654	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	5,746	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	5,836	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	5,931	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	6,035	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	6,145	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	6,257	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	6,368	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	6,477	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	6,586	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	6,695	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	6,804	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	6,912	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	7,019	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	7,127	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	7,234	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	7,343	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	7,452	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	7,560	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	7,666	18,494

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, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.