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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	Estonia	Albania	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,378	3,085	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,400	3,065	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	275	1,391	3,047	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	276	1,382	3,038	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	278	1,374	3,026	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	279	1,365	3,014	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,357	2,998	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,349	2,979	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,341	2,957	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,337	2,934	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,334	2,915	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,332	2,900	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,328	2,892	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,324	2,888	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,319	2,882	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,314	2,876	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,312	2,868	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,314	2,863	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,314	2,861	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,318	2,854	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,323	2,842	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,327	2,825	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,329	2,799	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,330	2,787	64,835

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, Estonia, Albania, Tanzania; the database as a whole is cited above.