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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	Palestinian Territories	Albania	Slovenia
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,996	3,085	1,998
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,075	3,065	2,004
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,155	3,047	2,006
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,235	3,038	2,009
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,315	3,026	2,010
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,396	3,014	2,011
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,478	2,998	2,015
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,559	2,979	2,022
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,642	2,957	2,033
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,727	2,934	2,036
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,817	2,915	2,056
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,907	2,900	2,063
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,997	2,892	2,067
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,088	2,888	2,071
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,178	2,882	2,074
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,269	2,876	2,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,359	2,868	2,078
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,451	2,863	2,079
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,533	2,861	2,081
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,615	2,854	2,087
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,715	2,842	2,104
Dec 31, 2020	294	4,820	2,825	2,118
Dec 31, 2021	295	4,930	2,799	2,123
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,042	2,787	2,124

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

Slovenia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados, Palestinian Territories, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.