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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	Estonia	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	422	1,378	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	430	1,400	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	438	1,391	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	447	1,382	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	455	1,374	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	463	1,365	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	471	1,357	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	478	1,349	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	486	1,341	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	494	1,337	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	501	1,334	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	1,332	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	516	1,328	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	524	1,324	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	531	1,319	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	539	1,314	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	546	1,312	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	553	1,314	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	562	1,314	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	568	1,318	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	574	1,323	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	580	1,327	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	585	1,329	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	590	1,330	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

No separate list is published for Barbados, Cape Verde, Estonia, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.