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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	North Macedonia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	16,728	2,006	273
Dec 31, 2000	17,236	2,017	274
Dec 31, 2001	17,762	2,026	275
Dec 31, 2002	18,310	2,011	276
Dec 31, 2003	18,855	2,018	278
Dec 31, 2004	19,410	2,024	279
Dec 31, 2005	20,000	2,028	280
Dec 31, 2006	20,611	2,031	281
Dec 31, 2007	21,236	2,035	282
Dec 31, 2008	21,878	2,038	283
Dec 31, 2009	22,533	2,042	285
Dec 31, 2010	23,195	2,046	286
Dec 31, 2011	23,880	2,049	287
Dec 31, 2012	24,594	2,052	288
Dec 31, 2013	25,311	2,055	289
Dec 31, 2014	26,020	2,058	290
Dec 31, 2015	26,698	2,061	291
Dec 31, 2016	27,347	2,063	291
Dec 31, 2017	27,985	2,065	292
Dec 31, 2018	28,608	2,067	293
Dec 31, 2019	29,216	2,068	294
Dec 31, 2020	29,811	2,065	294
Dec 31, 2021	30,399	2,057	295
Dec 31, 2022	31,058	2,048	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.

All data sources

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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Yemen, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.