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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	Tunisia	Laos	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	5,286	273
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	5,397	274
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	5,499	275
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	5,578	276
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	5,654	278
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	5,746	279
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	5,836	280
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	5,931	281
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	6,035	282
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	6,145	283
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	6,257	285
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	6,368	286
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	6,477	287
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	6,586	288
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	6,695	289
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	6,804	290
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	6,912	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	7,019	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	7,127	292
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	7,234	293
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	7,343	294
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	7,452	294
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	7,560	295
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	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 Tunisia, Laos, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.