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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	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,007	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,177	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,351	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,529	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,711	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,895	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,081	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,268	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,457	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,647	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,836	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,024	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,211	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,397	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,581	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,763	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,942	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,118	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,289	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,456	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,621	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,775	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,917	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	295	12,060	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

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