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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	Sudan	Barbados	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	26,168	273	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	26,771	274	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	27,387	275	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	28,017	276	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	28,662	278	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	29,321	279	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	29,996	280	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	30,686	281	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	31,393	282	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	32,137	283	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	33,078	285	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	33,891	286	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	34,568	287	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	35,293	288	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	36,093	289	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	37,058	290	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	38,165	291	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	39,294	291	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	40,512	292	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	41,764	293	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	42,952	294	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	44,121	294	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	45,290	295	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	46,498	295	7,169

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.

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