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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	Guinea
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	26,168	7,610
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	26,771	7,780
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	27,387	7,821
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	28,017	7,906
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	28,662	8,121
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	29,321	8,317
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	29,996	8,478
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	30,686	8,650
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	31,393	8,860
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	32,137	9,091
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	33,078	9,327
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	33,891	9,571
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	34,568	9,825
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	35,293	10,084
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	36,093	10,351
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	37,058	10,632
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	38,165	10,924
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	39,294	11,225
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	40,512	11,534
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	41,764	11,855
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	42,952	12,160
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	44,121	12,469
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	45,290	12,778
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	46,498	13,087

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