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	Sudan	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	26,168	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	26,771	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	27,387	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	28,017	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	28,662	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	29,321	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	29,996	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	30,686	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	31,393	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	32,137	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	33,078	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	33,891	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	34,568	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	35,293	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	36,093	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	37,058	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	38,165	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	39,294	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	40,512	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	41,764	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	42,952	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	44,121	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	45,290	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	46,498	29,417

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, Sudan, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.