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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	Sudan	Burkina Faso	Laos	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	26,168	11,075	5,286	273
Dec 31, 2000	26,771	11,405	5,397	274
Dec 31, 2001	27,387	11,828	5,499	275
Dec 31, 2002	28,017	12,380	5,578	276
Dec 31, 2003	28,662	12,829	5,654	278
Dec 31, 2004	29,321	13,178	5,746	279
Dec 31, 2005	29,996	13,540	5,836	280
Dec 31, 2006	30,686	13,917	5,931	281
Dec 31, 2007	31,393	14,309	6,035	282
Dec 31, 2008	32,137	14,722	6,145	283
Dec 31, 2009	33,078	15,152	6,257	285
Dec 31, 2010	33,891	15,600	6,368	286
Dec 31, 2011	34,568	16,064	6,477	287
Dec 31, 2012	35,293	16,563	6,586	288
Dec 31, 2013	36,093	17,072	6,695	289
Dec 31, 2014	37,058	17,575	6,804	290
Dec 31, 2015	38,165	18,094	6,912	291
Dec 31, 2016	39,294	18,621	7,019	291
Dec 31, 2017	40,512	19,157	7,127	292
Dec 31, 2018	41,764	19,698	7,234	293
Dec 31, 2019	42,952	20,242	7,343	294
Dec 31, 2020	44,121	20,788	7,452	294
Dec 31, 2021	45,290	21,336	7,560	295
Dec 31, 2022	46,498	21,889	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 Sudan, Burkina Faso, Laos, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.