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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	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	5,286	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	5,397	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	5,499	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	5,578	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	5,654	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	5,746	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	5,836	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	5,931	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	6,035	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	6,145	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	6,257	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	6,368	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	6,477	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	6,586	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	6,695	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	6,804	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	6,912	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	7,019	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	7,127	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	7,234	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	7,343	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	7,452	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	7,560	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	7,666	19,512

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