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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	Eswatini
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	1,033
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	1,032
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	1,030
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	1,028
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	1,026
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	1,025
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	1,023
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	1,021
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	1,019
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	1,017
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	1,017
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	1,019
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	1,024
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	1,032
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	1,041
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	1,051
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	1,060
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	1,069
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	1,078
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	1,087
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	1,096
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	1,106
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	1,117
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	1,126

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