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	Cambodia	Albania	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	12,122	3,085	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	12,317	3,065	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	12,504	3,047	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,691	3,038	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,881	3,026	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,076	3,014	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,276	2,998	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,461	2,979	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	13,630	2,957	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	13,808	2,934	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	13,990	2,915	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	14,162	2,900	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	14,322	2,892	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	14,480	2,888	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	14,637	2,882	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	14,793	2,876	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	14,994	2,868	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	15,238	2,863	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	15,480	2,861	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	15,717	2,854	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	15,944	2,842	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	16,149	2,825	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	16,338	2,799	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	16,514	2,787	167

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, Cambodia, Albania, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.