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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	North Macedonia	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,006	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,017	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,026	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,011	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,018	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,024	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,028	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,031	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,035	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,038	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,042	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,046	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,049	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,052	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,055	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,058	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,061	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,063	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,065	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,067	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,068	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,065	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,057	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,048	117,924

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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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