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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	Niger	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,424	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,785	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,170	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,580	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,015	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	279	12,472	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	280	12,954	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,459	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	282	13,986	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,532	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,092	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,669	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,263	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,903	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,569	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	290	18,242	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,957	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,708	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	292	20,462	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	293	21,228	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	294	22,023	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	294	22,842	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,691	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	295	24,587	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

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