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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	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	7,432

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