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	Seychelles	Laos	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	273	78	5,286	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	274	79	5,397	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	275	80	5,499	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	276	81	5,578	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	278	82	5,654	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	279	83	5,746	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	280	84	5,836	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	281	85	5,931	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	86	6,035	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	283	87	6,145	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	285	87	6,257	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	286	88	6,368	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	287	89	6,477	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	288	90	6,586	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	289	91	6,695	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	92	6,804	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	291	92	6,912	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	291	93	7,019	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	94	7,127	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	293	95	7,234	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	294	96	7,343	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	294	97	7,452	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	295	98	7,560	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	295	98	7,666	5,907

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