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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	Malawi
Dec 31, 1999	273	63,575	11,310
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,213	11,658
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,889	12,020
Dec 31, 2002	276	68,649	12,395
Dec 31, 2003	278	70,491	12,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	72,389	13,196
Dec 31, 2005	280	74,327	13,625
Dec 31, 2006	281	76,326	14,072
Dec 31, 2007	282	78,411	14,539
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,564	15,026
Dec 31, 2009	285	82,787	15,525
Dec 31, 2010	286	85,096	16,028
Dec 31, 2011	287	87,530	16,534
Dec 31, 2012	288	90,066	17,042
Dec 31, 2013	289	92,632	17,551
Dec 31, 2014	290	95,337	18,060
Dec 31, 2015	291	98,114	18,571
Dec 31, 2016	291	100,858	19,086
Dec 31, 2017	292	103,654	19,603
Dec 31, 2018	293	106,466	20,122
Dec 31, 2019	294	109,267	20,640
Dec 31, 2020	294	112,100	21,159
Dec 31, 2021	295	114,964	21,677
Dec 31, 2022	295	117,924	22,239

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

Malawi

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Ethiopia; the database as a whole is cited above.