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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	Pakistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,206	141,497
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,461	145,759
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,507	150,448
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,600	154,585
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,005	158,209
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,698	161,556
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,335	165,075
Dec 31, 2006	281	27,154	168,846
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,387	172,882
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,706	176,809
Dec 31, 2009	285	28,484	180,690
Dec 31, 2010	286	29,121	184,989
Dec 31, 2011	287	29,758	189,314
Dec 31, 2012	288	30,420	193,569
Dec 31, 2013	289	31,108	197,994
Dec 31, 2014	290	31,823	202,387
Dec 31, 2015	291	32,564	206,716
Dec 31, 2016	291	33,332	210,929
Dec 31, 2017	292	34,125	215,276
Dec 31, 2018	293	34,941	219,927
Dec 31, 2019	294	35,972	224,604
Dec 31, 2020	294	37,034	229,276
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,127	233,942
Dec 31, 2022	295	39,252	238,413

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, Pakistan; the database as a whole is cited above.