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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	Guinea
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,064	7,610
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,034	7,780
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,000	7,821
Dec 31, 2002	276	9,955	7,906
Dec 31, 2003	278	9,905	8,121
Dec 31, 2004	279	9,856	8,317
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,807	8,478
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,764	8,650
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,734	8,860
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,713	9,091
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,697	9,327
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,681	9,571
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,662	9,825
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,643	10,084
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,624	10,351
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,605	10,632
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,585	10,924
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,564	11,225
Dec 31, 2017	292	9,542	11,534
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,519	11,855
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,495	12,160
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,469	12,469
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,442	12,778
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,400	13,087

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