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	Palestinian Territories	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	2,996	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	3,075	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	3,155	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	3,235	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	3,315	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	3,396	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	3,478	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	3,559	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	3,642	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	3,727	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	3,817	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	3,907	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	3,997	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	4,088	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	4,178	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	4,269	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	4,359	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	4,451	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	4,533	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	4,615	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	4,715	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	4,820	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	4,930	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	5,042	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, Palestinian Territories, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.