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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	Russia	Palestinian Territories	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	147,218	2,996	273
Dec 31, 2000	146,600	3,075	274
Dec 31, 2001	145,980	3,155	275
Dec 31, 2002	145,310	3,235	276
Dec 31, 2003	144,652	3,315	278
Dec 31, 2004	144,071	3,396	279
Dec 31, 2005	143,522	3,478	280
Dec 31, 2006	143,053	3,559	281
Dec 31, 2007	142,809	3,642	282
Dec 31, 2008	142,746	3,727	283
Dec 31, 2009	142,789	3,817	285
Dec 31, 2010	142,853	3,907	286
Dec 31, 2011	142,964	3,997	287
Dec 31, 2012	143,205	4,088	288
Dec 31, 2013	143,510	4,178	289
Dec 31, 2014	146,094	4,269	290
Dec 31, 2015	146,410	4,359	291
Dec 31, 2016	146,678	4,451	291
Dec 31, 2017	146,846	4,533	292
Dec 31, 2018	146,834	4,615	293
Dec 31, 2019	146,768	4,715	294
Dec 31, 2020	146,463	4,820	294
Dec 31, 2021	145,849	4,930	295
Dec 31, 2022	146,693	5,042	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

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

No separate list is published for Palestinian Territories, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.