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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	Côte d’Ivoire	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	273	17,106	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,552	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	275	18,010	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,438	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,895	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,432	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	280	19,968	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,512	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,097	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,699	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,285	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	286	22,845	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,343	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	288	23,879	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	289	24,492	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	290	25,104	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	291	25,719	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	291	26,348	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	292	26,984	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	293	27,614	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	294	28,252	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	294	28,895	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	295	29,546	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	295	30,279	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, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia; the database as a whole is cited above.