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

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