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	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,378	26,168	531
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,400	26,771	545
Dec 31, 2001	275	1,391	27,387	559
Dec 31, 2002	276	1,382	28,017	574
Dec 31, 2003	278	1,374	28,662	590
Dec 31, 2004	279	1,365	29,321	606
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,357	29,996	623
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,349	30,686	640
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,341	31,393	657
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,337	32,137	674
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,334	33,078	690
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,332	33,891	706
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,328	34,568	722
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,324	35,293	737
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,319	36,093	752
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,314	37,058	767
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,312	38,165	781
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,314	39,294	795
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,314	40,512	808
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,318	41,764	821
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,323	42,952	837
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,327	44,121	853
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,329	45,290	869
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,330	46,498	885

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