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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	Tanzania	Botswana
Dec 31, 1999	273	32,912	1,630
Dec 31, 2000	274	33,953	1,665
Dec 31, 2001	275	34,974	1,698
Dec 31, 2002	276	36,021	1,730
Dec 31, 2003	278	37,100	1,761
Dec 31, 2004	279	38,167	1,792
Dec 31, 2005	280	39,262	1,824
Dec 31, 2006	281	40,387	1,857
Dec 31, 2007	282	41,557	1,890
Dec 31, 2008	283	42,741	1,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	43,889	1,956
Dec 31, 2010	286	45,132	1,990
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,531	2,023
Dec 31, 2012	288	47,965	2,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	49,437	2,091
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,965	2,125
Dec 31, 2015	291	52,604	2,159
Dec 31, 2016	291	54,336	2,194
Dec 31, 2017	292	56,062	2,228
Dec 31, 2018	293	57,765	2,262
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,465	2,297
Dec 31, 2020	294	61,191	2,331
Dec 31, 2021	295	62,944	2,365
Dec 31, 2022	295	64,835	2,403

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, Tanzania, Botswana; the database as a whole is cited above.