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	Nepal	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	23,087	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	23,487	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	23,887	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	24,273	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	24,645	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	24,989	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	25,255	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	25,484	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	25,732	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	25,998	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	26,298	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	26,664	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	27,081	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	27,505	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	27,917	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	28,311	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	28,678	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	29,034	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	29,384	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	29,718	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	30,057	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	30,595	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	31,311	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	31,845	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, Nepal, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.