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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	Malaysia	Oman	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,132	2,348	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,695	2,403	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	23,291	2,457	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,874	2,510	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,437	2,562	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	24,993	2,613	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,543	2,663	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,086	2,713	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	26,620	2,764	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,161	2,816	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	27,715	2,871	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	28,268	2,928	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	28,750	2,986	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	29,163	3,047	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,568	3,110	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,977	3,174	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,387	3,240	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	30,782	3,307	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	31,164	3,375	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,539	3,444	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	31,903	3,512	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,257	3,582	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	32,603	3,651	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	32,956	3,696	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

Malaysia

1900-1939: Nazrin Shah, S. (2017). Charting the Economy: Early 20th Century Malaya and Contemporary Malaysian Contrasts, Oxford University Press

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