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	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	26,168	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	26,771	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	27,387	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	28,017	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	28,662	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	29,321	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	29,996	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	30,686	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	31,393	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	32,137	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	33,078	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	33,891	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	34,568	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	35,293	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	36,093	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	37,058	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	38,165	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	39,294	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	40,512	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	41,764	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	42,952	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	44,121	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	45,290	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	46,498	31,845

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