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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	Albania	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	3,085	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	3,065	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	3,047	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	3,038	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	3,026	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	3,014	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	2,998	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	2,979	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	2,957	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	2,934	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	2,915	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	2,900	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	2,892	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	2,888	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	2,882	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	2,876	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	2,868	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	2,863	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	2,861	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	2,854	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	2,842	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	2,825	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	2,799	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	2,787	1,456

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, Albania, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.