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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosVietnamOmanLaos
27378,3942,3485,286
27479,4722,4035,397
27580,5462,4575,499
27681,6372,5105,578
27882,7202,5625,654
27983,8212,6135,746
28084,9422,6635,836
28186,0362,7135,931
28287,1362,7646,035
28388,2532,8166,145
28589,3732,8716,257
28690,4812,9286,368
28791,5912,9866,477
28892,7203,0476,586
28993,8833,1106,695
29095,0553,1746,804
29196,2223,2406,912
29197,3803,3077,019
29298,5073,3757,127
29399,6043,4447,234
294100,6953,5127,343
294101,7713,5827,452
295102,8153,6517,560
295103,5743,6967,666

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, Vietnam, Oman, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.