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