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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,993	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,116	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,237	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,357	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,476	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,595	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,715	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,835	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,967	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,115	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,270	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,432	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,144	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,849	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,010	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,163	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,291	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,415	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	292	6,549	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	293	6,689	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	294	6,826	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,960	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,088	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,169	31,058

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