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	Estonia	Sudan	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,378	26,168	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,400	26,771	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	1,391	27,387	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	1,382	28,017	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	1,374	28,662	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	1,365	29,321	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,357	29,996	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,349	30,686	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,341	31,393	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,337	32,137	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,334	33,078	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,332	33,891	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,328	34,568	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,324	35,293	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,319	36,093	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,314	37,058	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,312	38,165	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,314	39,294	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,314	40,512	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,318	41,764	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,323	42,952	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,327	44,121	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,329	45,290	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,330	46,498	590

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, Sudan, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.