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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	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,091	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,052	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,798	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,755	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,710	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,668	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,628	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,587	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,549	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,513	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,475	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,425	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,242	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,200	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,160	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,119	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	291	7,074	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,024	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	292	6,973	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	293	6,923	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	294	6,874	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,833	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,778	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,720	1,456

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, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.