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	Lithuania	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	3,419	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	3,395	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	3,367	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	3,340	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	3,313	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	3,276	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	3,223	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	3,172	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	3,134	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	3,102	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	3,068	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	3,004	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	2,937	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	2,898	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	2,869	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	2,844	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	2,818	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	2,782	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	2,744	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	2,718	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	2,710	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	2,711	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	2,724	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	2,748	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, Dominica, Lithuania, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.