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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	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	7,169

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, Libya; the database as a whole is cited above.