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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	Argentina	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	36,924	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	37,336	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	37,714	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	38,079	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	38,438	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	38,800	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	39,171	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	39,556	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	39,947	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	40,343	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	40,736	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	41,401	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	41,881	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	42,360	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	42,836	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	43,310	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	43,779	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	44,245	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	44,706	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	45,162	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	45,613	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	46,058	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	46,496	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	46,736	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.

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

Argentina

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 - 1900: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P
1900-1913: Unpublished annual estimates supplied by ECLA/CONADE. and quinquennial averages published in El Desarrollo Económico de la Argentina, ECLA, Mexico, 1959, p. 15;
1913-1950: IEERAL, "Estadísticas de la evolución económica de Argentina, 1913-84", Estudios, Buenos Aires, July-September, 1986.

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