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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	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	64,835

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