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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	Bolivia
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	8,007
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	8,177
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	8,351
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	8,529
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	8,711
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	8,895
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	9,081
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	9,268
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	9,457
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	9,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	9,836
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	10,024
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	10,211
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	10,397
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	10,581
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	10,763
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	10,942
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	11,118
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	11,289
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	11,456
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	11,621
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	11,775
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	11,917
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	12,060

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

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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