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	Puerto Rico	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	3,800	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	3,811	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	3,819	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	3,824	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	3,826	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	3,827	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	3,822	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	3,805	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	3,783	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	3,761	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	3,741	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	3,722	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	3,679	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	3,636	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	3,589	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	3,534	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	3,473	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	3,411	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	3,352	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	3,295	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	3,268	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	3,247	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	3,232	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	3,228	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, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.