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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,091	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,052	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,798	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,755	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,710	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,668	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,628	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,587	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,549	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,513	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,475	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,425	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,242	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,200	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,160	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,119	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	7,074	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,024	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	6,973	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	6,923	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	6,874	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,833	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,778	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,720	46,498

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, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.