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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	Barbados	United Arab Emirates	Côte d’Ivoire
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,101	17,106
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,284	17,552
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,458	18,010
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,613	18,438
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,754	18,895
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,882	19,432
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,000	19,968
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,532	20,512
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,623	21,097
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,277	21,699
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,164	22,285
Dec 31, 2010	286	8,152	22,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	8,438	23,343
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,747	23,879
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,077	24,492
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,321	25,104
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,461	25,719
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,587	26,348
Dec 31, 2017	292	9,699	26,984
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,796	27,614
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,879	28,252
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,953	28,895
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,018	29,546
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,099	30,279

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 Barbados, United Arab Emirates, Côte d’Ivoire; the database as a whole is cited above.