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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	Paraguay	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	5,366	531
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	5,473	545
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	5,579	559
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	5,683	574
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	5,786	590
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	5,886	606
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	5,984	623
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	6,080	640
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	6,173	657
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	6,264	674
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	6,352	690
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	6,438	706
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	6,522	722
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	6,605	737
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	6,688	752
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	6,769	767
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	6,850	781
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	6,930	795
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	7,012	808
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	7,095	821
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	7,179	837
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	7,263	853
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	7,348	869
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	7,432	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, Paraguay, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.