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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	Sudan	Laos	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	5,286	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	5,397	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	5,499	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	5,578	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	5,654	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	5,746	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	5,836	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	5,931	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	6,035	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	6,145	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	6,257	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	6,368	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	6,477	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	6,586	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	6,695	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	6,804	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	6,912	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	7,019	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	7,127	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	7,234	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	7,343	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	7,452	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	7,560	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	7,666	13,439

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