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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	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,927	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,088	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,236	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,366	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,484	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	279	6,603	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	280	6,723	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,846	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,972	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,100	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,226	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,360	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,498	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,637	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,781	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,931	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,091	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,251	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,412	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,576	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,742	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,899	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,047	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,188	117,924

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

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