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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,091	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,052	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,798	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,755	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,710	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,668	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,628	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,587	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,549	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,513	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,475	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,425	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,242	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,200	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,160	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,119	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	7,074	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,024	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	6,973	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	6,923	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	6,874	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,833	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,778	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,720	220

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.

All data sources

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.