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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	Niger
Dec 31, 1999	273	63,575	10,424
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,213	10,785
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,889	11,170
Dec 31, 2002	276	68,649	11,580
Dec 31, 2003	278	70,491	12,015
Dec 31, 2004	279	72,389	12,472
Dec 31, 2005	280	74,327	12,954
Dec 31, 2006	281	76,326	13,459
Dec 31, 2007	282	78,411	13,986
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,564	14,532
Dec 31, 2009	285	82,787	15,092
Dec 31, 2010	286	85,096	15,669
Dec 31, 2011	287	87,530	16,263
Dec 31, 2012	288	90,066	16,903
Dec 31, 2013	289	92,632	17,569
Dec 31, 2014	290	95,337	18,242
Dec 31, 2015	291	98,114	18,957
Dec 31, 2016	291	100,858	19,708
Dec 31, 2017	292	103,654	20,462
Dec 31, 2018	293	106,466	21,228
Dec 31, 2019	294	109,267	22,023
Dec 31, 2020	294	112,100	22,842
Dec 31, 2021	295	114,964	23,691
Dec 31, 2022	295	117,924	24,587

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