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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	Afghanistan	Belarus
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,206	10,064
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,461	10,034
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,507	10,000
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,600	9,955
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,005	9,905
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,698	9,856
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,335	9,807
Dec 31, 2006	281	27,154	9,764
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,387	9,734
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,706	9,713
Dec 31, 2009	285	28,484	9,697
Dec 31, 2010	286	29,121	9,681
Dec 31, 2011	287	29,758	9,662
Dec 31, 2012	288	30,420	9,643
Dec 31, 2013	289	31,108	9,624
Dec 31, 2014	290	31,823	9,605
Dec 31, 2015	291	32,564	9,585
Dec 31, 2016	291	33,332	9,564
Dec 31, 2017	292	34,125	9,542
Dec 31, 2018	293	34,941	9,519
Dec 31, 2019	294	35,972	9,495
Dec 31, 2020	294	37,034	9,469
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,127	9,442
Dec 31, 2022	295	39,252	9,400

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 Barbados, Afghanistan, Belarus; the database as a whole is cited above.