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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	Côte d’Ivoire
Dec 31, 1999	273	63,575	17,106
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,213	17,552
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,889	18,010
Dec 31, 2002	276	68,649	18,438
Dec 31, 2003	278	70,491	18,895
Dec 31, 2004	279	72,389	19,432
Dec 31, 2005	280	74,327	19,968
Dec 31, 2006	281	76,326	20,512
Dec 31, 2007	282	78,411	21,097
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,564	21,699
Dec 31, 2009	285	82,787	22,285
Dec 31, 2010	286	85,096	22,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	87,530	23,343
Dec 31, 2012	288	90,066	23,879
Dec 31, 2013	289	92,632	24,492
Dec 31, 2014	290	95,337	25,104
Dec 31, 2015	291	98,114	25,719
Dec 31, 2016	291	100,858	26,348
Dec 31, 2017	292	103,654	26,984
Dec 31, 2018	293	106,466	27,614
Dec 31, 2019	294	109,267	28,252
Dec 31, 2020	294	112,100	28,895
Dec 31, 2021	295	114,964	29,546
Dec 31, 2022	295	117,924	30,279

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, Côte d’Ivoire; the database as a whole is cited above.