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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	Croatia	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,377	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,334	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,171	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,176	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,176	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,179	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,182	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,183	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,183	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,181	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,177	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,167	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,154	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,126	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,109	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,081	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,047	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,006	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,968	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,945	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,925	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,839	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,790	46,498

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

Croatia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.