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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	Zimbabwe
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	11,985
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	12,104
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	12,208
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	12,281
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	12,318
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	12,336
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	12,329
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	12,394
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	12,494
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	12,568
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	12,666
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	12,782
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	12,907
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	13,036
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	13,169
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	13,314
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	13,479
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	13,665
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	13,870
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	14,097
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	14,345
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	14,615
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	14,900
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	15,205

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

Zimbabwe

1914-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.