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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	Barbados	Afghanistan	Guatemala
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,206	11,487
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,461	11,728
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,507	11,968
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,600	12,258
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,005	12,556
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,698	12,873
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,335	13,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	27,154	13,517
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,387	13,828
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,706	14,139
Dec 31, 2009	285	28,484	14,452
Dec 31, 2010	286	29,121	14,769
Dec 31, 2011	287	29,758	15,088
Dec 31, 2012	288	30,420	15,405
Dec 31, 2013	289	31,108	15,719
Dec 31, 2014	290	31,823	16,030
Dec 31, 2015	291	32,564	16,337
Dec 31, 2016	291	33,332	16,636
Dec 31, 2017	292	34,125	16,929
Dec 31, 2018	293	34,941	17,223
Dec 31, 2019	294	35,972	17,518
Dec 31, 2020	294	37,034	17,812
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,127	18,106
Dec 31, 2022	295	39,252	18,348

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 Barbados, Afghanistan, Guatemala; the database as a whole is cited above.