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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	Gabon
Dec 31, 1999	273	63,575	1,143
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,213	1,179
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,889	1,207
Dec 31, 2002	276	68,649	1,234
Dec 31, 2003	278	70,491	1,262
Dec 31, 2004	279	72,389	1,297
Dec 31, 2005	280	74,327	1,340
Dec 31, 2006	281	76,326	1,384
Dec 31, 2007	282	78,411	1,434
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,564	1,487
Dec 31, 2009	285	82,787	1,542
Dec 31, 2010	286	85,096	1,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	87,530	1,656
Dec 31, 2012	288	90,066	1,714
Dec 31, 2013	289	92,632	1,778
Dec 31, 2014	290	95,337	1,843
Dec 31, 2015	291	98,114	1,905
Dec 31, 2016	291	100,858	1,966
Dec 31, 2017	292	103,654	2,025
Dec 31, 2018	293	106,466	2,083
Dec 31, 2019	294	109,267	2,139
Dec 31, 2020	294	112,100	2,193
Dec 31, 2021	295	114,964	2,246
Dec 31, 2022	295	117,924	2,292

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