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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	Qatar	Albania	Colombia
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	3,085	38,365
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	3,065	38,911
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	3,047	39,411
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	3,038	39,918
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	3,026	40,416
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	3,014	40,899
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	2,998	41,374
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	2,979	41,862
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	2,957	42,324
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	2,934	42,781
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	2,915	43,264
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	2,900	43,771
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	2,892	44,225
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	2,888	44,660
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	2,882	45,081
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	2,876	45,846
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	2,868	46,290
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	2,863	46,796
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	2,861	47,385
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	2,854	48,222
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	2,842	49,326
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	2,825	50,283
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	2,799	50,978
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	2,787	51,332

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

Colombia

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978

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