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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	Latvia
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	26,168	2,386
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	26,771	2,363
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	27,387	2,333
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	28,017	2,306
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	28,662	2,284
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	29,321	2,259
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	29,996	2,235
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	30,686	2,215
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	31,393	2,197
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	32,137	2,174
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	33,078	2,138
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	33,891	2,093
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	34,568	2,055
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	35,293	2,030
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	36,093	2,009
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	37,058	1,991
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	38,165	1,974
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	39,294	1,956
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	40,512	1,938
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	41,764	1,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	42,952	1,910
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	44,121	1,897
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	45,290	1,880
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	46,498	1,883

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