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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	Denmark	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,322	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,339	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,358	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,377	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,391	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,404	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,420	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,438	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,461	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,494	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,524	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,548	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,571	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,592	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,614	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,644	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,683	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,730	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,766	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,795	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,818	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,831	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,855	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,907	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, Denmark, Ethiopia; the database as a whole is cited above.