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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	Sudan	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	26,168	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	26,771	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	27,387	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	28,017	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	28,662	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	29,321	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	29,996	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	30,686	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	31,393	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	32,137	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	33,078	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	33,891	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	34,568	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	35,293	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	36,093	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	37,058	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	38,165	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	39,294	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	40,512	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	41,764	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	42,952	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	44,121	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	45,290	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	46,498	39,252

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, Qatar, Sudan, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.