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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Qatar	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	627	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	659	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	691	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	724	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	757	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	850	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	1,001	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	1,153	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	1,306	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	1,460	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	1,615	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	1,770	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	1,904	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	2,010	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	2,103	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	2,187	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	2,261	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	2,326	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	2,384	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	2,435	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	2,480	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	2,519	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	2,553	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	2,559	46,498

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, São Tomé & Príncipe, Qatar, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.