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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date SudanParaguayAlbania
26,1685,3663,085
26,7715,4733,065
27,3875,5793,047
28,0175,6833,038
28,6625,7863,026
29,3215,8863,014
29,9965,9842,998
30,6866,0802,979
31,3936,1732,957
32,1376,2642,934
33,0786,3522,915
33,8916,4382,900
34,5686,5222,892
35,2936,6052,888
36,0936,6882,882
37,0586,7692,876
38,1656,8502,868
39,2946,9302,863
40,5127,0122,861
41,7647,0952,854
42,9527,1792,842
44,1217,2632,825
45,2907,3482,799
46,4987,4322,787

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