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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,996	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,075	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,155	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,235	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,315	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,396	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,478	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,559	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,642	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,727	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,817	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,907	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,997	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,088	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,178	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,269	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,359	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,451	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,533	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,615	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,715	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	4,820	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	4,930	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,042	46,498

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.

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