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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	Latvia	Côte d’Ivoire
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,386	17,106
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,363	17,552
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,333	18,010
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,306	18,438
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,284	18,895
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,259	19,432
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,235	19,968
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,215	20,512
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,197	21,097
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,174	21,699
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,138	22,285
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,093	22,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,055	23,343
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,030	23,879
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,009	24,492
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,991	25,104
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,974	25,719
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,956	26,348
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,938	26,984
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,923	27,614
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,910	28,252
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,897	28,895
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,880	29,546
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,883	30,279

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, Latvia, Côte d’Ivoire; the database as a whole is cited above.