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	Sudan	Estonia	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	1,378	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	1,400	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	1,391	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	1,382	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	1,374	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	1,365	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	1,357	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	1,349	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	1,341	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	1,337	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	1,334	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	1,332	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	1,328	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	1,324	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	1,319	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	1,314	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	1,312	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	1,314	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	1,314	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	1,318	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	1,323	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	1,327	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	1,329	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	1,330	590

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, Estonia, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.