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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	Yemen	Central African Republic	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	16,728	3,889	273
Dec 31, 2000	17,236	3,980	274
Dec 31, 2001	17,762	4,054	275
Dec 31, 2002	18,310	4,128	276
Dec 31, 2003	18,855	4,215	278
Dec 31, 2004	19,410	4,289	279
Dec 31, 2005	20,000	4,363	280
Dec 31, 2006	20,611	4,449	281
Dec 31, 2007	21,236	4,544	282
Dec 31, 2008	21,878	4,641	283
Dec 31, 2009	22,533	4,742	285
Dec 31, 2010	23,195	4,845	286
Dec 31, 2011	23,880	4,950	287
Dec 31, 2012	24,594	5,057	288
Dec 31, 2013	25,311	5,167	289
Dec 31, 2014	26,020	5,278	290
Dec 31, 2015	26,698	5,392	291
Dec 31, 2016	27,347	5,507	291
Dec 31, 2017	27,985	5,625	292
Dec 31, 2018	28,608	5,745	293
Dec 31, 2019	29,216	5,874	294
Dec 31, 2020	29,811	6,025	294
Dec 31, 2021	30,399	6,154	295
Dec 31, 2022	31,058	6,291	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 Yemen, Central African Republic, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.