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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	Central African Republic	Portugal	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,889	10,144	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,980	10,215	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,054	10,288	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,128	10,344	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,215	10,383	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,289	10,408	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,363	10,427	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,449	10,446	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,544	10,467	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,641	10,482	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,742	10,492	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,845	10,497	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,950	10,481	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,057	10,439	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,167	10,382	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,278	10,326	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,392	10,283	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,507	10,251	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,625	10,226	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,745	10,209	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,874	10,212	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,025	10,223	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,154	10,214	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,291	10,200	46,498

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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

No separate list is published for Barbados, Central African Republic, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.