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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	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,927	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,088	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,236	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,366	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,484	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	279	6,603	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	280	6,723	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,846	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,972	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,100	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,226	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,360	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,498	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,637	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,781	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,931	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,091	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,251	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,412	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,576	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,742	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,899	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,047	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,188	28,237

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