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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	South Africa	Bolivia
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,257	8,007
Dec 31, 2000	274	46,958	8,177
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,820	8,351
Dec 31, 2002	276	48,480	8,529
Dec 31, 2003	278	48,951	8,711
Dec 31, 2004	279	49,478	8,895
Dec 31, 2005	280	50,054	9,081
Dec 31, 2006	281	50,667	9,268
Dec 31, 2007	282	51,339	9,457
Dec 31, 2008	283	52,077	9,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	52,862	9,836
Dec 31, 2010	286	53,682	10,024
Dec 31, 2011	287	54,518	10,211
Dec 31, 2012	288	55,356	10,397
Dec 31, 2013	289	56,215	10,581
Dec 31, 2014	290	57,075	10,763
Dec 31, 2015	291	57,947	10,942
Dec 31, 2016	291	58,830	11,118
Dec 31, 2017	292	59,715	11,289
Dec 31, 2018	293	60,595	11,456
Dec 31, 2019	294	61,469	11,621
Dec 31, 2020	294	62,355	11,775
Dec 31, 2021	295	62,900	11,917
Dec 31, 2022	295	63,382	12,060

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.

All data sources

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

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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