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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	Belarus	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,064	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,034	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,000	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	276	9,955	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	278	9,905	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	279	9,856	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,807	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,764	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,734	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,713	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,697	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,681	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,662	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,643	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,624	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,605	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,585	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,564	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	292	9,542	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,519	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,495	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,469	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,442	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,400	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, Belarus, Ethiopia; the database as a whole is cited above.