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	Dominica	Barbados	Albania	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	70	273	3,085	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	71	274	3,065	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	71	275	3,047	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	72	276	3,038	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	72	278	3,026	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	72	279	3,014	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	72	280	2,998	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	72	281	2,979	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	72	282	2,957	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	73	283	2,934	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	73	285	2,915	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	73	286	2,900	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	73	287	2,892	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	73	288	2,888	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	73	289	2,882	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	73	290	2,876	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	74	291	2,868	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	74	291	2,863	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	74	292	2,861	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	74	293	2,854	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	75	294	2,842	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	75	294	2,825	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	76	295	2,799	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	76	295	2,787	46,498

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, Barbados, Albania, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.