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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	Dominica	Barbados	Laos	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	70	273	5,286	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	71	274	5,397	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	71	275	5,499	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	72	276	5,578	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	72	278	5,654	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	72	279	5,746	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	72	280	5,836	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	72	281	5,931	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	72	282	6,035	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	73	283	6,145	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	73	285	6,257	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	73	286	6,368	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	73	287	6,477	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	73	288	6,586	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	73	289	6,695	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	73	290	6,804	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	74	291	6,912	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	74	291	7,019	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	74	292	7,127	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	74	293	7,234	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	75	294	7,343	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	75	294	7,452	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	76	295	7,560	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	76	295	7,666	3,570

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