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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	Chad	Barbados	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	7,559	273	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	7,821	274	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	8,092	275	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	8,395	276	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	8,763	278	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	9,191	279	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	9,594	280	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	9,967	281	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	10,338	282	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	10,728	283	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	11,139	285	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	11,550	286	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	11,983	287	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	12,427	288	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	12,895	289	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	13,379	290	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	13,823	291	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	14,277	291	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	14,765	292	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	15,252	293	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	15,750	294	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	16,257	294	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	16,776	295	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	17,307	295	31,058

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 Chad, Barbados, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.