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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	Cameroon	Laos	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	5,286	273
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	5,397	274
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	5,499	275
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	5,578	276
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	5,654	278
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	5,746	279
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	5,836	280
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	5,931	281
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	6,035	282
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	6,145	283
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	6,257	285
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	6,368	286
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	6,477	287
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	6,586	288
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	6,695	289
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	6,804	290
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	6,912	291
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	7,019	291
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	7,127	292
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	7,234	293
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	7,343	294
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	7,452	294
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	7,560	295
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	7,666	295

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.

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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 Cameroon, Laos, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.