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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,007	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,177	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,351	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,529	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,711	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,895	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,081	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,268	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,457	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,647	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,836	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,024	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,211	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,397	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,581	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,763	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,942	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,118	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,289	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,456	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,621	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,775	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,917	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	12,060	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.