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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	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,091	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,052	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,798	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,755	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,710	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,668	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,628	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,587	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,549	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,513	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,475	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,425	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,242	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,200	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,160	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,119	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	291	7,074	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,024	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	6,973	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	293	6,923	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	294	6,874	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,833	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,778	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,720	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.