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	Turkmenistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	26,168	4,324
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	26,771	4,385
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	27,387	4,444
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	28,017	4,502
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	28,662	4,556
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	29,321	4,608
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	29,996	4,664
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	30,686	4,719
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	31,393	4,773
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	32,137	4,828
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	33,078	4,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	33,891	4,940
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	34,568	4,996
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	35,293	5,053
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	36,093	5,110
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	37,058	5,169
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	38,165	5,227
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	39,294	5,287
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	40,512	5,346
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	41,764	5,405
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	42,952	5,464
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	44,121	5,522
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	45,290	5,579
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	46,498	5,657

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