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	Denmark	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	5,322	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	5,339	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	5,358	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	5,377	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	5,391	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	5,404	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	5,420	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	5,438	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	5,461	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	5,494	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	5,524	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	5,548	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	5,571	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	5,592	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	5,614	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	5,644	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	5,683	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	5,730	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	5,766	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	5,795	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	5,818	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	5,831	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	5,855	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	5,907	167

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, Denmark, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.