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	Seychelles	Yemen	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	273	78	16,728	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	274	79	17,236	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	275	80	17,762	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	276	81	18,310	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	278	82	18,855	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	279	83	19,410	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	280	84	20,000	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	281	85	20,611	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	282	86	21,236	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	283	87	21,878	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	285	87	22,533	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	286	88	23,195	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	89	23,880	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	288	90	24,594	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	289	91	25,311	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	290	92	26,020	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	291	92	26,698	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	93	27,347	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	292	94	27,985	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	293	95	28,608	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	294	96	29,216	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	294	97	29,811	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	295	98	30,399	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	295	98	31,058	2,787

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, Seychelles, Yemen, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.