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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	Chad	Barbados	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	7,559	273	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	7,821	274	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	8,092	275	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	8,395	276	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	8,763	278	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	9,191	279	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	9,594	280	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	9,967	281	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	10,338	282	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	10,728	283	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	11,139	285	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	11,550	286	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	11,983	287	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	12,427	288	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	12,895	289	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	13,379	290	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	13,823	291	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	14,277	291	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	14,765	292	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	15,252	293	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	15,750	294	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	16,257	294	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	16,776	295	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	17,307	295	2,787

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