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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	Benin	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,461	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,677	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,902	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,130	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,360	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,589	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,838	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	281	8,089	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	282	8,335	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	283	8,603	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,884	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,179	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,486	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,805	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,135	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,480	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,842	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,220	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,613	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	293	12,018	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	294	12,370	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	294	12,725	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	295	13,081	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	295	13,439	117,924

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

No separate list is published for Barbados, Benin, Ethiopia; the database as a whole is cited above.