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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	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, São Tomé & Príncipe, Ethiopia; the database as a whole is cited above.