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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	Sierra Leone	Vietnam
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,736	78,394
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,809	79,472
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,043	80,546
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,287	81,637
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,466	82,720
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,602	83,821
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,708	84,942
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,818	86,036
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,918	87,136
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,023	88,253
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,132	89,373
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,246	90,481
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,364	91,591
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,486	92,720
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,613	93,883
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,744	95,055
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,879	96,222
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,019	97,380
Dec 31, 2017	292	6,163	98,507
Dec 31, 2018	293	6,312	99,604
Dec 31, 2019	294	6,461	100,695
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,611	101,771
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,761	102,815
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,910	103,574

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, Sierra Leone, Vietnam; the database as a whole is cited above.