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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	Burkina Faso	Albania	Algeria
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	3,085	30,083
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	3,065	30,515
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	3,047	30,952
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	3,038	31,397
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	3,026	31,847
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	3,014	32,320
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	2,998	32,785
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	2,979	33,286
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	2,957	33,866
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	2,934	34,480
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	2,915	35,126
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	2,900	35,805
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	2,892	36,506
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	2,888	37,215
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	2,882	37,930
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	2,876	38,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	2,868	39,372
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	2,863	40,087
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	2,861	40,787
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	2,854	41,471
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	2,842	42,135
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	2,825	42,779
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	2,799	43,401
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	2,787	44,114

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, Burkina Faso, Albania, Algeria; the database as a whole is cited above.