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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	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,206	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,461	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,507	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,600	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,005	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,698	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,335	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	281	27,154	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,387	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,706	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	285	28,484	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	286	29,121	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	287	29,758	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	288	30,420	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	289	31,108	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	290	31,823	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	291	32,564	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	291	33,332	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	292	34,125	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	293	34,941	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	294	35,972	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	294	37,034	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,127	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	39,252	5,042

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.