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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	Belarus
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	10,064
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	10,034
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	10,000
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	9,955
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	9,905
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	9,856
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	9,807
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	9,764
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	9,734
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	9,713
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	9,697
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	9,681
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	9,662
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	9,643
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	9,624
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	9,605
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	9,585
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	9,564
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	9,542
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	9,519
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	9,495
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	9,469
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	9,442
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	9,400

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