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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	Bolivia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	8,007	273
Dec 31, 2000	8,177	274
Dec 31, 2001	8,351	275
Dec 31, 2002	8,529	276
Dec 31, 2003	8,711	278
Dec 31, 2004	8,895	279
Dec 31, 2005	9,081	280
Dec 31, 2006	9,268	281
Dec 31, 2007	9,457	282
Dec 31, 2008	9,647	283
Dec 31, 2009	9,836	285
Dec 31, 2010	10,024	286
Dec 31, 2011	10,211	287
Dec 31, 2012	10,397	288
Dec 31, 2013	10,581	289
Dec 31, 2014	10,763	290
Dec 31, 2015	10,942	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,118	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,289	292
Dec 31, 2018	11,456	293
Dec 31, 2019	11,621	294
Dec 31, 2020	11,775	294
Dec 31, 2021	11,917	295
Dec 31, 2022	12,060	295

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

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.