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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	Djibouti	Barbados	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	646	273	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	669	274	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	693	275	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	716	276	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	691	278	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	657	279	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	666	280	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	679	281	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	694	282	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	709	283	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	725	285	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	741	286	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	757	287	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	774	288	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	792	289	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	810	290	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	828	291	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	847	291	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	865	292	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	884	293	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	898	294	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	912	294	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	924	295	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	937	295	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.

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