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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	Mali	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,596	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,833	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,890	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,007	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,307	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,579	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,804	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	12,043	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	282	12,337	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	283	12,657	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	285	12,986	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	286	13,325	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	287	13,679	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	288	14,040	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	289	14,412	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	290	14,803	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	291	15,210	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	291	15,629	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	292	16,060	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	293	16,507	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	294	16,967	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	294	17,442	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	295	17,930	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	295	18,494	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, Mali, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.