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	St. Lucia	Paraguay	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	152	5,366	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	153	5,473	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	154	5,579	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	155	5,683	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	156	5,786	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	157	5,886	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	157	5,984	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	158	6,080	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	159	6,173	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	160	6,264	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	160	6,352	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	161	6,438	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	162	6,522	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	162	6,605	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	163	6,688	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	163	6,769	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	164	6,850	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	164	6,930	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	165	7,012	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	166	7,095	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	166	7,179	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	167	7,263	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	167	7,348	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	167	7,432	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

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