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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	Afghanistan	Albania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	3,085	273
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	3,065	274
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	3,047	275
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	3,038	276
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	3,026	278
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	3,014	279
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	2,998	280
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	2,979	281
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	2,957	282
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	2,934	283
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	2,915	285
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	2,900	286
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	2,892	287
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	2,888	288
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	2,882	289
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	2,876	290
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	2,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	2,863	291
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	2,861	292
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	2,854	293
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	2,842	294
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	2,825	294
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	2,799	295
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	2,787	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 Afghanistan, Albania, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.