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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosDominicaSudanLuxembourg
2737026,168433
2747126,771438
2757127,387443
2767228,017448
2787228,662454
2797229,321460
2807229,996467
2817230,686474
2827231,393482
2837332,137491
2857333,078500
2867333,891509
2877334,568521
2887335,293533
2897336,093547
2907337,058560
2917438,165571
2917439,294586
2927440,512599
2937441,764610
2947542,952623
2947544,121633
2957645,290643
2957646,498651

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