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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	Central African Republic	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	3,889	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	3,980	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	4,054	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	4,128	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	4,215	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	4,289	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	4,363	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	4,449	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	4,544	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	4,641	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	4,742	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	4,845	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	4,950	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	5,057	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	5,167	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	5,278	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	5,392	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	5,507	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	5,625	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	5,745	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	5,874	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	6,025	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	6,154	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	6,291	31,058

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, Central African Republic, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.