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

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