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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	Albania	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	3,085	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	3,065	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	3,047	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	3,038	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	3,026	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	3,014	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	2,998	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	2,979	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	2,957	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	2,934	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	2,915	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	2,900	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	2,892	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	2,888	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	2,882	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	2,876	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	2,868	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	2,863	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	2,861	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	2,854	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	2,842	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	2,825	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	2,799	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	2,787	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.

All data sources

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, Albania, Ethiopia; the database as a whole is cited above.