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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	Russia
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	5,286	147,218
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	5,397	146,600
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	5,499	145,980
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	5,578	145,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	5,654	144,652
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	5,746	144,071
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	5,836	143,522
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	5,931	143,053
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	6,035	142,809
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	6,145	142,746
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	6,257	142,789
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	6,368	142,853
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	6,477	142,964
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	6,586	143,205
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	6,695	143,510
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	6,804	146,094
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	6,912	146,410
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	7,019	146,678
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	7,127	146,846
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	7,234	146,834
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	7,343	146,768
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	7,452	146,463
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	7,560	145,849
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	7,666	146,693

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

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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