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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	Croatia
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,206	4,377
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,461	4,334
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,507	4,171
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,600	4,176
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,005	4,176
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,698	4,179
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,335	4,182
Dec 31, 2006	281	27,154	4,183
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,387	4,183
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,706	4,181
Dec 31, 2009	285	28,484	4,177
Dec 31, 2010	286	29,121	4,167
Dec 31, 2011	287	29,758	4,154
Dec 31, 2012	288	30,420	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	289	31,108	4,126
Dec 31, 2014	290	31,823	4,109
Dec 31, 2015	291	32,564	4,081
Dec 31, 2016	291	33,332	4,047
Dec 31, 2017	292	34,125	4,006
Dec 31, 2018	293	34,941	3,968
Dec 31, 2019	294	35,972	3,945
Dec 31, 2020	294	37,034	3,925
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,127	3,839
Dec 31, 2022	295	39,252	3,790

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

Croatia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.