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	Sudan	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	26,168	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	26,771	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	27,387	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	28,017	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	28,662	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	29,321	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	29,996	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	30,686	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	31,393	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	32,137	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	33,078	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	33,891	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	34,568	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	35,293	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	36,093	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	37,058	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	38,165	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	39,294	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	40,512	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	41,764	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	42,952	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	44,121	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	45,290	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	46,498	7,432

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, Sudan, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.