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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	Albania	Afghanistan	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	22,206	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	22,461	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	22,507	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	23,600	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	25,005	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	25,698	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	26,335	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	27,154	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	27,387	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	27,706	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	28,484	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	29,121	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	29,758	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	30,420	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	31,108	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	31,823	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	32,564	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	33,332	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	34,125	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	34,941	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	35,972	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	37,034	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	38,127	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	39,252	167

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

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