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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	Mauritania
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	3,085	2,437
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	3,065	2,501
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	3,047	2,566
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	3,038	2,632
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	3,026	2,699
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	3,014	2,768
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	2,998	2,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	2,979	2,909
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	2,957	2,981
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	2,934	3,055
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	2,915	3,129
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	2,900	3,205
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	2,892	3,282
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	2,888	3,359
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	2,882	3,438
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	2,876	3,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	2,868	3,597
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	2,863	3,677
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	2,861	3,759
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	2,854	3,840
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	2,842	3,942
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	2,825	4,045
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	2,799	4,150
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	2,787	4,259

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, Yemen, Albania, Mauritania; the database as a whole is cited above.