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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	Luxembourg	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	433	531
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	438	545
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	443	559
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	448	574
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	454	590
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	460	606
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	467	623
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	474	640
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	482	657
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	491	674
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	500	690
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	509	706
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	521	722
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	533	737
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	547	752
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	560	767
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	571	781
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	586	795
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	599	808
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	610	821
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	623	837
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	633	853
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	643	869
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	651	885

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, Luxembourg, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.