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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	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,993	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,116	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,237	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,357	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,476	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,595	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,715	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,835	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,967	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,115	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,270	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,432	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,144	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,849	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,010	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,163	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,291	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,415	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	292	6,549	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	293	6,689	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	294	6,826	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,960	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,088	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,169	1,330

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