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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	Israel	Armenia
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,927	2,970
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,088	2,966
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,236	2,965
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,366	2,962
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,484	2,955
Dec 31, 2004	279	6,603	2,953
Dec 31, 2005	280	6,723	2,951
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,846	2,948
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,972	2,946
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,100	2,943
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,226	2,941
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,360	2,939
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,498	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,637	2,934
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,781	2,932
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,931	2,928
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,091	2,924
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,251	2,919
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,412	2,913
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,576	2,907
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,742	2,899
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,899	2,891
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,047	2,881
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,188	2,871

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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GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Israel

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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