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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	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	78	5,286	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	79	5,397	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	80	5,499	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	81	5,578	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	82	5,654	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	83	5,746	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	84	5,836	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	85	5,931	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	86	6,035	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	87	6,145	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	87	6,257	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	88	6,368	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	89	6,477	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	90	6,586	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	91	6,695	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	92	6,804	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	92	6,912	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	93	7,019	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	94	7,127	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	95	7,234	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	96	7,343	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	97	7,452	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	98	7,560	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	98	7,666	2,559

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