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	Yemen	Albania	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	3,085	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	3,065	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	3,047	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	3,038	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	3,026	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	3,014	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	2,998	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	2,979	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	2,957	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	2,934	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	2,915	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	2,900	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	2,892	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	2,888	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	2,882	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	2,876	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	2,868	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	2,863	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	2,861	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	2,854	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	2,842	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	2,825	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	2,799	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	2,787	3,876

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados, Yemen, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.