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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.