Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Qatar	Dominica
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	627	70
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	659	71
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	691	71
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	724	72
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	757	72
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	850	72
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	1,001	72
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	1,153	72
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	1,306	72
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	1,460	73
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	1,615	73
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	1,770	73
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	1,904	73
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	2,010	73
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	2,103	73
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	2,187	73
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	2,261	74
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	2,326	74
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	2,384	74
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	2,435	74
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	2,480	75
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	2,519	75
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	2,553	76
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	2,559	76

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, Qatar, Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.