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	Sudan	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	26,168	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	26,771	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	27,387	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	28,017	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	28,662	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	29,321	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	29,996	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	30,686	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	31,393	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	32,137	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	33,078	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	33,891	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	34,568	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	35,293	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	36,093	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	37,058	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	38,165	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	39,294	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	40,512	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	41,764	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	42,952	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	44,121	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	45,290	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	46,498	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, Sudan, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.