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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	Madagascar	Bolivia
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,259	8,007
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,707	8,177
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,162	8,351
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,631	8,529
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,114	8,711
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,610	8,895
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,120	9,081
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,641	9,268
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,173	9,457
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,717	9,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,272	9,836
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,837	10,024
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,413	10,211
Dec 31, 2012	288	21,999	10,397
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,593	10,581
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,196	10,763
Dec 31, 2015	291	23,806	10,942
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,423	11,118
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,044	11,289
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,671	11,456
Dec 31, 2019	294	26,302	11,621
Dec 31, 2020	294	26,936	11,775
Dec 31, 2021	295	27,573	11,917
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,237	12,060

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

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

No separate list is published for Barbados, Madagascar; the database as a whole is cited above.