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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	Serbia
Dec 31, 1999	273	63,575	7,611
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,213	7,587
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,889	7,574
Dec 31, 2002	276	68,649	7,570
Dec 31, 2003	278	70,491	7,551
Dec 31, 2004	279	72,389	7,533
Dec 31, 2005	280	74,327	7,510
Dec 31, 2006	281	76,326	7,481
Dec 31, 2007	282	78,411	7,451
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,564	7,419
Dec 31, 2009	285	82,787	7,389
Dec 31, 2010	286	85,096	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	287	87,530	7,304
Dec 31, 2012	288	90,066	7,269
Dec 31, 2013	289	92,632	7,234
Dec 31, 2014	290	95,337	7,199
Dec 31, 2015	291	98,114	7,162
Dec 31, 2016	291	100,858	7,124
Dec 31, 2017	292	103,654	7,087
Dec 31, 2018	293	106,466	7,048
Dec 31, 2019	294	109,267	7,010
Dec 31, 2020	294	112,100	6,964
Dec 31, 2021	295	114,964	6,898
Dec 31, 2022	295	117,924	6,833

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

Serbia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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