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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	Sudan	Albania	Chad
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	3,085	7,559
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	3,065	7,821
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	3,047	8,092
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	3,038	8,395
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	3,026	8,763
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	3,014	9,191
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	2,998	9,594
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	2,979	9,967
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	2,957	10,338
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	2,934	10,728
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	2,915	11,139
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	2,900	11,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	2,892	11,983
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	2,888	12,427
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	2,882	12,895
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	2,876	13,379
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	2,868	13,823
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	2,863	14,277
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	2,861	14,765
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	2,854	15,252
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	2,842	15,750
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	2,825	16,257
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	2,799	16,776
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	2,787	17,307

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, Sudan, Albania, Chad; the database as a whole is cited above.