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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	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	3,228

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.