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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	Nepal	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	23,087	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	23,487	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	23,887	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	24,273	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	24,645	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	24,989	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	25,255	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	25,484	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	25,732	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	25,998	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	26,298	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	26,664	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	27,081	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	27,505	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	27,917	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	28,311	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	28,678	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	29,034	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	29,384	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	29,718	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	30,057	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	30,595	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	31,311	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	31,845	651

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