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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	Montenegro	Barbados	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	623	273	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	623	274	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	623	275	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	622	276	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	621	278	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	621	279	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	621	280	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	620	281	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	620	282	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	621	283	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	622	285	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	623	286	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	622	287	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	622	288	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	622	289	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	621	290	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	620	291	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	618	291	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	616	292	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	614	293	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	613	294	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	612	294	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	611	295	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	610	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

Montenegro

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.