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	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	16,728	531
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	17,236	545
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	17,762	559
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	18,310	574
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	18,855	590
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	19,410	606
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	20,000	623
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	20,611	640
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	21,236	657
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	21,878	674
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	22,533	690
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	23,195	706
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	23,880	722
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	24,594	737
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	25,311	752
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	26,020	767
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	26,698	781
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	27,347	795
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	27,985	808
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	28,608	821
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	29,216	837
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	29,811	853
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	30,399	869
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	31,058	885

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