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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	Cape Verde	Laos	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	422	5,286	273
Dec 31, 2000	430	5,397	274
Dec 31, 2001	438	5,499	275
Dec 31, 2002	447	5,578	276
Dec 31, 2003	455	5,654	278
Dec 31, 2004	463	5,746	279
Dec 31, 2005	471	5,836	280
Dec 31, 2006	478	5,931	281
Dec 31, 2007	486	6,035	282
Dec 31, 2008	494	6,145	283
Dec 31, 2009	501	6,257	285
Dec 31, 2010	509	6,368	286
Dec 31, 2011	516	6,477	287
Dec 31, 2012	524	6,586	288
Dec 31, 2013	531	6,695	289
Dec 31, 2014	539	6,804	290
Dec 31, 2015	546	6,912	291
Dec 31, 2016	553	7,019	291
Dec 31, 2017	562	7,127	292
Dec 31, 2018	568	7,234	293
Dec 31, 2019	574	7,343	294
Dec 31, 2020	580	7,452	294
Dec 31, 2021	585	7,560	295
Dec 31, 2022	590	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 Cape Verde, Laos, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.