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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	Cape Verde	Albania	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	273	422	3,085	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	274	430	3,065	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	275	438	3,047	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	276	447	3,038	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	278	455	3,026	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	279	463	3,014	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	280	471	2,998	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	478	2,979	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	282	486	2,957	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	283	494	2,934	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	285	501	2,915	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	2,900	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	287	516	2,892	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	288	524	2,888	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	289	531	2,882	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	290	539	2,876	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	291	546	2,868	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	291	553	2,863	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	292	562	2,861	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	293	568	2,854	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	294	574	2,842	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	294	580	2,825	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	295	585	2,799	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	295	590	2,787	10,099

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, Cape Verde, Albania, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.