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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	Libya	Djibouti
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,993	646
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,116	669
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,237	693
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,357	716
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,476	691
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,595	657
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,715	666
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,835	679
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,967	694
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,115	709
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,270	725
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,432	741
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,144	757
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,849	774
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,010	792
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,163	810
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,291	828
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,415	847
Dec 31, 2017	292	6,549	865
Dec 31, 2018	293	6,689	884
Dec 31, 2019	294	6,826	898
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,960	912
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,088	924
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,169	937

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, Libya, Djibouti; the database as a whole is cited above.