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	Luxembourg	Afghanistan	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	22,206	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	22,461	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	22,507	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	23,600	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	25,005	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	25,698	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	26,335	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	27,154	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	27,387	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	27,706	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	28,484	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	29,121	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	29,758	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	30,420	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	31,108	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	31,823	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	32,564	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	33,332	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	34,125	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	34,941	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	35,972	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	37,034	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	38,127	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	39,252	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, Luxembourg, Afghanistan, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.