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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	Congo - Brazzaville
Dec 31, 1999	273	63,575	2,886
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,213	2,999
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,889	3,113
Dec 31, 2002	276	68,649	3,181
Dec 31, 2003	278	70,491	3,274
Dec 31, 2004	279	72,389	3,400
Dec 31, 2005	280	74,327	3,543
Dec 31, 2006	281	76,326	3,702
Dec 31, 2007	282	78,411	3,859
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,564	3,989
Dec 31, 2009	285	82,787	4,146
Dec 31, 2010	286	85,096	4,324
Dec 31, 2011	287	87,530	4,468
Dec 31, 2012	288	90,066	4,581
Dec 31, 2013	289	92,632	4,667
Dec 31, 2014	290	95,337	4,757
Dec 31, 2015	291	98,114	4,851
Dec 31, 2016	291	100,858	4,951
Dec 31, 2017	292	103,654	5,055
Dec 31, 2018	293	106,466	5,164
Dec 31, 2019	294	109,267	5,279
Dec 31, 2020	294	112,100	5,400
Dec 31, 2021	295	114,964	5,527
Dec 31, 2022	295	117,924	5,655

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, Congo - Brazzaville; the database as a whole is cited above.