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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	Singapore
Dec 31, 1999	273	63,575	3,959
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,213	4,028
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,889	4,138
Dec 31, 2002	276	68,649	4,176
Dec 31, 2003	278	70,491	4,115
Dec 31, 2004	279	72,389	4,167
Dec 31, 2005	280	74,327	4,266
Dec 31, 2006	281	76,326	4,401
Dec 31, 2007	282	78,411	4,589
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,564	4,839
Dec 31, 2009	285	82,787	4,988
Dec 31, 2010	286	85,096	5,077
Dec 31, 2011	287	87,530	5,184
Dec 31, 2012	288	90,066	5,312
Dec 31, 2013	289	92,632	5,399
Dec 31, 2014	290	95,337	5,470
Dec 31, 2015	291	98,114	5,535
Dec 31, 2016	291	100,858	5,607
Dec 31, 2017	292	103,654	5,612
Dec 31, 2018	293	106,466	5,639
Dec 31, 2019	294	109,267	5,704
Dec 31, 2020	294	112,100	5,686
Dec 31, 2021	295	114,964	5,716
Dec 31, 2022	295	117,924	5,750

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.

All data sources

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

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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