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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	Yemen	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	39,252

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, Yemen, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.