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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	Barbados	Afghanistan	Algeria
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,206	30,083
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,461	30,515
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,507	30,952
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,600	31,397
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,005	31,847
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,698	32,320
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,335	32,785
Dec 31, 2006	281	27,154	33,286
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,387	33,866
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,706	34,480
Dec 31, 2009	285	28,484	35,126
Dec 31, 2010	286	29,121	35,805
Dec 31, 2011	287	29,758	36,506
Dec 31, 2012	288	30,420	37,215
Dec 31, 2013	289	31,108	37,930
Dec 31, 2014	290	31,823	38,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	32,564	39,372
Dec 31, 2016	291	33,332	40,087
Dec 31, 2017	292	34,125	40,787
Dec 31, 2018	293	34,941	41,471
Dec 31, 2019	294	35,972	42,135
Dec 31, 2020	294	37,034	42,779
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,127	43,401
Dec 31, 2022	295	39,252	44,114

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