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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,927	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,088	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,236	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,366	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,484	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	6,603	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	6,723	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,846	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,972	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,100	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,226	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,360	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,498	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,637	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,781	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,931	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,091	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,251	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,412	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,576	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,742	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,899	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,047	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,188	46,498

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