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	Sudan	Laos	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	5,286	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	5,397	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	5,499	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	5,578	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	5,654	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	5,746	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	5,836	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	5,931	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	6,035	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	6,145	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	6,257	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	6,368	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	6,477	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	6,586	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	6,695	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	6,804	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	6,912	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	7,019	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	7,127	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	7,234	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	7,343	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	7,452	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	7,560	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	7,666	167

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.