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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	Ethiopia	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	63,575	51,181	273
Dec 31, 2000	65,213	52,782	274
Dec 31, 2001	66,889	54,453	275
Dec 31, 2002	68,649	56,170	276
Dec 31, 2003	70,491	57,860	278
Dec 31, 2004	72,389	59,599	279
Dec 31, 2005	74,327	61,474	280
Dec 31, 2006	76,326	63,479	281
Dec 31, 2007	78,411	65,590	282
Dec 31, 2008	80,564	67,800	283
Dec 31, 2009	82,787	70,114	285
Dec 31, 2010	85,096	72,550	286
Dec 31, 2011	87,530	75,138	287
Dec 31, 2012	90,066	77,792	288
Dec 31, 2013	92,632	80,534	289
Dec 31, 2014	95,337	83,368	290
Dec 31, 2015	98,114	86,229	291
Dec 31, 2016	100,858	89,193	291
Dec 31, 2017	103,654	92,209	292
Dec 31, 2018	106,466	95,232	293
Dec 31, 2019	109,267	98,320	294
Dec 31, 2020	112,100	101,499	294
Dec 31, 2021	114,964	104,767	295
Dec 31, 2022	117,924	108,171	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

No separate list is published for Ethiopia, Congo - Kinshasa, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.