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	Denmark	Yemen	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,322	16,728	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,339	17,236	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,358	17,762	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,377	18,310	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,391	18,855	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,404	19,410	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,420	20,000	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,438	20,611	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,461	21,236	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,494	21,878	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,524	22,533	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,548	23,195	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,571	23,880	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,592	24,594	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,614	25,311	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,644	26,020	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,683	26,698	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,730	27,347	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,766	27,985	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,795	28,608	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,818	29,216	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,831	29,811	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,855	30,399	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,907	31,058	167

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, Denmark, Yemen, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.