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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	Central African Republic	Tunisia
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,889	9,417
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,980	9,514
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,054	9,613
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,128	9,711
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,215	9,810
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,289	9,906
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,363	9,997
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,449	10,087
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,544	10,178
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,641	10,274
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,742	10,377
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,845	10,491
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,950	10,612
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,057	10,737
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,167	10,866
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,278	10,996
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,392	11,124
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,507	11,248
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,625	11,365
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,745	11,477
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,874	11,583
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,025	11,681
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,154	11,772
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,291	11,862

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, Central African Republic, Tunisia; the database as a whole is cited above.