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	Yemen	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	16,728	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	17,236	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	17,762	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	18,310	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	18,855	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	19,410	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	20,000	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	20,611	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	21,236	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	21,878	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	22,533	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	23,195	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	23,880	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	24,594	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	25,311	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	26,020	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	26,698	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	27,347	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	27,985	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	28,608	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	29,216	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	29,811	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	30,399	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	31,058	590

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, Yemen, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.