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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	70	273	3,085	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	71	274	3,065	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	71	275	3,047	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	72	276	3,038	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	72	278	3,026	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	72	279	3,014	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	72	280	2,998	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	72	281	2,979	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	72	282	2,957	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	73	283	2,934	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	73	285	2,915	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	73	286	2,900	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	73	287	2,892	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	73	288	2,888	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	73	289	2,882	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	73	290	2,876	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	74	291	2,868	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	74	291	2,863	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	74	292	2,861	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	74	293	2,854	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	75	294	2,842	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	75	294	2,825	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	76	295	2,799	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	76	295	2,787	31,058

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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.