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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	Vietnam	Israel
Dec 31, 1999	273	78,394	5,927
Dec 31, 2000	274	79,472	6,088
Dec 31, 2001	275	80,546	6,236
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,637	6,366
Dec 31, 2003	278	82,720	6,484
Dec 31, 2004	279	83,821	6,603
Dec 31, 2005	280	84,942	6,723
Dec 31, 2006	281	86,036	6,846
Dec 31, 2007	282	87,136	6,972
Dec 31, 2008	283	88,253	7,100
Dec 31, 2009	285	89,373	7,226
Dec 31, 2010	286	90,481	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	287	91,591	7,498
Dec 31, 2012	288	92,720	7,637
Dec 31, 2013	289	93,883	7,781
Dec 31, 2014	290	95,055	7,931
Dec 31, 2015	291	96,222	8,091
Dec 31, 2016	291	97,380	8,251
Dec 31, 2017	292	98,507	8,412
Dec 31, 2018	293	99,604	8,576
Dec 31, 2019	294	100,695	8,742
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,771	8,899
Dec 31, 2021	295	102,815	9,047
Dec 31, 2022	295	103,574	9,188

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

Israel

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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