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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	Seychelles	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	78	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	79	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	80	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	81	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	82	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	83	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	84	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	85	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	86	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	87	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	87	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	88	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	89	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	90	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	91	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	92	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	92	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	93	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	94	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	95	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	96	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	97	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	98	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	98	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.

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