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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	Laos	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	5,286	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	5,397	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	5,499	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	5,578	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	5,654	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	5,746	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	5,836	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	5,931	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	6,035	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	6,145	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	6,257	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	6,368	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	6,477	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	6,586	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	6,695	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	6,804	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	6,912	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	7,019	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	7,127	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	7,234	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	7,343	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	7,452	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	7,560	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	7,666	651

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, Qatar, Laos, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.