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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	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	6,291

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.