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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	273	63,575	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,213	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,889	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	276	68,649	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	70,491	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	279	72,389	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	280	74,327	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	76,326	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	282	78,411	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,564	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	285	82,787	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	286	85,096	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	287	87,530	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	288	90,066	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	289	92,632	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	290	95,337	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	291	98,114	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	291	100,858	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	292	103,654	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	293	106,466	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	294	109,267	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	294	112,100	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	295	114,964	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	295	117,924	31,058

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