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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	Mali	Albania	Turkmenistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,596	3,085	4,324
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,833	3,065	4,385
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,890	3,047	4,444
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,007	3,038	4,502
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,307	3,026	4,556
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,579	3,014	4,608
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,804	2,998	4,664
Dec 31, 2006	281	12,043	2,979	4,719
Dec 31, 2007	282	12,337	2,957	4,773
Dec 31, 2008	283	12,657	2,934	4,828
Dec 31, 2009	285	12,986	2,915	4,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	13,325	2,900	4,940
Dec 31, 2011	287	13,679	2,892	4,996
Dec 31, 2012	288	14,040	2,888	5,053
Dec 31, 2013	289	14,412	2,882	5,110
Dec 31, 2014	290	14,803	2,876	5,169
Dec 31, 2015	291	15,210	2,868	5,227
Dec 31, 2016	291	15,629	2,863	5,287
Dec 31, 2017	292	16,060	2,861	5,346
Dec 31, 2018	293	16,507	2,854	5,405
Dec 31, 2019	294	16,967	2,842	5,464
Dec 31, 2020	294	17,442	2,825	5,522
Dec 31, 2021	295	17,930	2,799	5,579
Dec 31, 2022	295	18,494	2,787	5,657

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, Mali, Albania, Turkmenistan; the database as a whole is cited above.