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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	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,091	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,052	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,798	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,755	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,710	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,668	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,628	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,587	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,549	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,513	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,475	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,425	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,242	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,200	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,160	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,119	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	291	7,074	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,024	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	292	6,973	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	6,923	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	294	6,874	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,833	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,778	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,720	19,512

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