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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	Luxembourg	Albania	Laos	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	433	3,085	5,286	273
Dec 31, 2000	438	3,065	5,397	274
Dec 31, 2001	443	3,047	5,499	275
Dec 31, 2002	448	3,038	5,578	276
Dec 31, 2003	454	3,026	5,654	278
Dec 31, 2004	460	3,014	5,746	279
Dec 31, 2005	467	2,998	5,836	280
Dec 31, 2006	474	2,979	5,931	281
Dec 31, 2007	482	2,957	6,035	282
Dec 31, 2008	491	2,934	6,145	283
Dec 31, 2009	500	2,915	6,257	285
Dec 31, 2010	509	2,900	6,368	286
Dec 31, 2011	521	2,892	6,477	287
Dec 31, 2012	533	2,888	6,586	288
Dec 31, 2013	547	2,882	6,695	289
Dec 31, 2014	560	2,876	6,804	290
Dec 31, 2015	571	2,868	6,912	291
Dec 31, 2016	586	2,863	7,019	291
Dec 31, 2017	599	2,861	7,127	292
Dec 31, 2018	610	2,854	7,234	293
Dec 31, 2019	623	2,842	7,343	294
Dec 31, 2020	633	2,825	7,452	294
Dec 31, 2021	643	2,799	7,560	295
Dec 31, 2022	651	2,787	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.

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