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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	3,419	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	3,395	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	3,367	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	3,340	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	3,313	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	3,276	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	3,223	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	3,172	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	3,134	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	3,102	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	3,068	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	3,004	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	2,937	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	2,898	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	2,869	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	2,844	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	2,818	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	2,782	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	2,744	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	2,718	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	2,710	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	2,711	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	2,724	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	2,748	31,058

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