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	Yemen	Laos	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	5,286	78
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	5,397	79
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	5,499	80
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	5,578	81
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	5,654	82
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	5,746	83
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	5,836	84
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	5,931	85
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	6,035	86
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	6,145	87
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	6,257	87
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	6,368	88
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	6,477	89
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	6,586	90
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	6,695	91
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	6,804	92
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	6,912	92
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	7,019	93
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	7,127	94
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	7,234	95
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	7,343	96
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	7,452	97
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	7,560	98
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	7,666	98

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, Yemen, Laos, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.