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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	Ethiopia	Belarus
Dec 31, 1999	273	63,575	10,064
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,213	10,034
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,889	10,000
Dec 31, 2002	276	68,649	9,955
Dec 31, 2003	278	70,491	9,905
Dec 31, 2004	279	72,389	9,856
Dec 31, 2005	280	74,327	9,807
Dec 31, 2006	281	76,326	9,764
Dec 31, 2007	282	78,411	9,734
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,564	9,713
Dec 31, 2009	285	82,787	9,697
Dec 31, 2010	286	85,096	9,681
Dec 31, 2011	287	87,530	9,662
Dec 31, 2012	288	90,066	9,643
Dec 31, 2013	289	92,632	9,624
Dec 31, 2014	290	95,337	9,605
Dec 31, 2015	291	98,114	9,585
Dec 31, 2016	291	100,858	9,564
Dec 31, 2017	292	103,654	9,542
Dec 31, 2018	293	106,466	9,519
Dec 31, 2019	294	109,267	9,495
Dec 31, 2020	294	112,100	9,469
Dec 31, 2021	295	114,964	9,442
Dec 31, 2022	295	117,924	9,400

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, Ethiopia, Belarus; the database as a whole is cited above.