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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	Central African Republic	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	3,889	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	3,980	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	4,054	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	4,128	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	4,215	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	4,289	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	4,363	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	4,449	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	4,544	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	4,641	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	4,742	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	4,845	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	4,950	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	5,057	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	5,167	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	5,278	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	5,392	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	5,507	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	5,625	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	5,745	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	5,874	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	6,025	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	6,154	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	6,291	651

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, Central African Republic, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.