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	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	1,378	531
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	1,400	545
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	1,391	559
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	1,382	574
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	1,374	590
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	1,365	606
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	1,357	623
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	1,349	640
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	1,341	657
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	1,337	674
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	1,334	690
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	1,332	706
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	1,328	722
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	1,324	737
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	1,319	752
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	1,314	767
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	1,312	781
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	1,314	795
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	1,314	808
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	1,318	821
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	1,323	837
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	1,327	853
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	1,329	869
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	1,330	885

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