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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	Chad	Albania	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,559	3,085	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,821	3,065	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,092	3,047	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,395	3,038	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,763	3,026	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	9,191	3,014	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,594	2,998	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,967	2,979	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,338	2,957	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,728	2,934	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	11,139	2,915	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	11,550	2,900	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,983	2,892	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	12,427	2,888	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	12,895	2,882	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	13,379	2,876	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	13,823	2,868	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	14,277	2,863	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	14,765	2,861	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	15,252	2,854	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	15,750	2,842	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	16,257	2,825	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	16,776	2,799	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	17,307	2,787	7,666

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, Chad, Albania, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.