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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	Bolivia	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,007	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,177	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,351	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,529	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,711	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,895	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,081	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,268	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,457	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,647	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,836	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,024	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,211	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,397	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,581	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,763	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,942	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,118	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,289	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,456	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,621	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,775	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,917	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	295	12,060	10,099

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

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

No separate list is published for Barbados, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.