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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	3,085	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	3,065	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	3,047	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	3,038	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	3,026	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	3,014	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	2,998	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	2,979	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	2,957	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	2,934	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	2,915	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	2,900	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	2,892	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	2,888	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	2,882	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	2,876	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	2,868	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	2,863	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	2,861	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	2,854	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	2,842	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	2,825	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	2,799	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	2,787	31,058

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