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	Dominica	Ethiopia	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	63,575	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	65,213	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	66,889	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	68,649	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	70,491	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	72,389	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	74,327	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	76,326	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	78,411	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	80,564	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	82,787	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	85,096	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	87,530	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	90,066	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	92,632	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	95,337	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	98,114	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	100,858	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	103,654	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	106,466	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	109,267	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	112,100	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	114,964	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	117,924	7,432

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, Ethiopia, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.