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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	Dominica	Central African Republic	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	3,889	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	3,980	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	4,054	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	4,128	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	4,215	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	4,289	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	4,363	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	4,449	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	4,544	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	4,641	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	4,742	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	4,845	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	4,950	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	5,057	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	5,167	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	5,278	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	5,392	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	5,507	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	5,625	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	5,745	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	5,874	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	6,025	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	6,154	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	6,291	39,252

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, Dominica, Central African Republic, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.