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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	Mongolia
Dec 31, 1999	273	17,106	2,433
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,552	2,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	18,010	2,489
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,438	2,519
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,895	2,547
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,432	2,574
Dec 31, 2005	280	19,968	2,602
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,512	2,633
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,097	2,666
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,699	2,702
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,285	2,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	22,845	2,783
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,343	2,827
Dec 31, 2012	288	23,879	2,870
Dec 31, 2013	289	24,492	2,912
Dec 31, 2014	290	25,104	2,953
Dec 31, 2015	291	25,719	2,993
Dec 31, 2016	291	26,348	3,031
Dec 31, 2017	292	26,984	3,068
Dec 31, 2018	293	27,614	3,103
Dec 31, 2019	294	28,252	3,171
Dec 31, 2020	294	28,895	3,231
Dec 31, 2021	295	29,546	3,284
Dec 31, 2022	295	30,279	3,333

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