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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	Turkmenistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	4,324
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	4,385
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	4,444
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	4,502
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	4,556
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	4,608
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	4,664
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	4,719
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	4,773
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	4,828
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	4,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	4,940
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	4,996
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	5,053
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	5,110
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	5,169
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	5,227
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	5,287
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	5,346
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	5,405
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	5,464
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	5,522
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	5,579
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	5,657

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