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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	Poland	Sudan	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	38,358	26,168	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	38,344	26,771	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	38,339	27,387	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	38,320	28,017	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	38,283	28,662	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	38,268	29,321	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	38,249	29,996	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	38,220	30,686	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	38,204	31,393	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	38,204	32,137	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	38,572	33,078	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	38,606	33,891	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	38,615	34,568	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	38,623	35,293	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	38,591	36,093	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	38,573	37,058	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,544	38,165	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	38,516	39,294	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	38,511	40,512	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	38,502	41,764	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	38,475	42,952	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	38,443	44,121	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,250	45,290	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	37,914	46,498	167

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

Poland

1409–1913: Malinowski, M. and Van Zanden (2017), “National income and its distribution in preindustrial Poland in a global perspective” Cliometrica, Volume 11, Issue 3, pp 375–40
1913-1929: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1929-1938: K. Laski, Akumulacja i spozycie w procesie uprzemyslowienia Polski Ludowej, Ksiazka i Wiedza, Warsaw, 1956, pp. 86-90
1937-1950: T.P. Alton (1970), p. 46,

No separate list is published for Barbados, Sudan, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.