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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	Bulgaria	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,091	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,052	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,798	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,755	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,710	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,668	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,628	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,587	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,549	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,513	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,475	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,425	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,242	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,200	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,160	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,119	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	291	7,074	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,024	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	6,973	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	293	6,923	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	294	6,874	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,833	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,778	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,720	39,252

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

Bulgaria

1892-1945: Ivanov, M. (2006). “Bulgarian National Income between 1892 and 1924,” Bulgarian National Discussion Papers DP/54/2006

No separate list is published for Barbados, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.