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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	Dominica	Albania	Puerto Rico	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	70	3,085	3,800	273
Dec 31, 2000	71	3,065	3,811	274
Dec 31, 2001	71	3,047	3,819	275
Dec 31, 2002	72	3,038	3,824	276
Dec 31, 2003	72	3,026	3,826	278
Dec 31, 2004	72	3,014	3,827	279
Dec 31, 2005	72	2,998	3,822	280
Dec 31, 2006	72	2,979	3,805	281
Dec 31, 2007	72	2,957	3,783	282
Dec 31, 2008	73	2,934	3,761	283
Dec 31, 2009	73	2,915	3,741	285
Dec 31, 2010	73	2,900	3,722	286
Dec 31, 2011	73	2,892	3,679	287
Dec 31, 2012	73	2,888	3,636	288
Dec 31, 2013	73	2,882	3,589	289
Dec 31, 2014	73	2,876	3,534	290
Dec 31, 2015	74	2,868	3,473	291
Dec 31, 2016	74	2,863	3,411	291
Dec 31, 2017	74	2,861	3,352	292
Dec 31, 2018	74	2,854	3,295	293
Dec 31, 2019	75	2,842	3,268	294
Dec 31, 2020	75	2,825	3,247	294
Dec 31, 2021	76	2,799	3,232	295
Dec 31, 2022	76	2,787	3,228	295

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 Dominica, Albania, Puerto Rico, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.