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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	Guatemala
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	11,487
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	11,728
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	11,968
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	12,258
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	12,556
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	12,873
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	13,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	13,517
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	13,828
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	14,139
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	14,452
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	14,769
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	15,088
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	15,405
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	15,719
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	16,030
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	16,337
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	16,636
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	16,929
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	17,223
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	17,518
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	17,812
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	18,106
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	18,348

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, Guatemala; the database as a whole is cited above.