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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	273	17,106	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,552	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	275	18,010	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,438	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,895	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,432	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	280	19,968	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,512	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,097	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,699	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,285	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	286	22,845	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,343	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	288	23,879	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	289	24,492	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	290	25,104	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	291	25,719	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	291	26,348	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	292	26,984	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	293	27,614	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	294	28,252	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	294	28,895	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	295	29,546	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	295	30,279	31,058

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