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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	Qatar	Spain	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	40,378	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	40,563	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	40,775	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	41,433	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	42,205	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	42,869	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	43,672	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	44,370	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	45,246	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	45,993	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	46,378	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	46,573	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	46,746	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	46,777	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	46,603	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	46,465	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	46,420	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	46,460	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	46,543	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	46,739	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	47,116	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	47,366	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	47,342	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	47,625	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

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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