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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	Australia	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	273	18,692	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	274	18,907	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,151	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	276	19,371	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	278	19,595	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,805	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,048	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,320	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	282	20,694	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,113	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,553	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,891	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	287	22,197	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,588	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,980	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,326	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	291	23,664	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,036	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	292	24,445	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	24,823	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	294	25,204	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	294	25,529	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	295	25,574	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	295	25,826	31,845

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

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

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