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

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