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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	Ethiopia	Laos	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	63,575	5,286	273
Dec 31, 2000	65,213	5,397	274
Dec 31, 2001	66,889	5,499	275
Dec 31, 2002	68,649	5,578	276
Dec 31, 2003	70,491	5,654	278
Dec 31, 2004	72,389	5,746	279
Dec 31, 2005	74,327	5,836	280
Dec 31, 2006	76,326	5,931	281
Dec 31, 2007	78,411	6,035	282
Dec 31, 2008	80,564	6,145	283
Dec 31, 2009	82,787	6,257	285
Dec 31, 2010	85,096	6,368	286
Dec 31, 2011	87,530	6,477	287
Dec 31, 2012	90,066	6,586	288
Dec 31, 2013	92,632	6,695	289
Dec 31, 2014	95,337	6,804	290
Dec 31, 2015	98,114	6,912	291
Dec 31, 2016	100,858	7,019	291
Dec 31, 2017	103,654	7,127	292
Dec 31, 2018	106,466	7,234	293
Dec 31, 2019	109,267	7,343	294
Dec 31, 2020	112,100	7,452	294
Dec 31, 2021	114,964	7,560	295
Dec 31, 2022	117,924	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 Ethiopia, Laos, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.