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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	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,007	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,177	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,351	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,529	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,711	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,895	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,081	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,268	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,457	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,647	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,836	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,024	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,211	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,397	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,581	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,763	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,942	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,118	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,289	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,456	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,621	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,775	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,917	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	295	12,060	16,514

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