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	Paraguay	Sudan	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,366	26,168	78
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,473	26,771	79
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,579	27,387	80
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,683	28,017	81
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,786	28,662	82
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,886	29,321	83
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,984	29,996	84
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,080	30,686	85
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,173	31,393	86
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,264	32,137	87
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,352	33,078	87
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,438	33,891	88
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,522	34,568	89
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,605	35,293	90
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,688	36,093	91
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,769	37,058	92
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,850	38,165	92
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,930	39,294	93
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,012	40,512	94
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,095	41,764	95
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,179	42,952	96
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,263	44,121	97
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,348	45,290	98
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,432	46,498	98

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