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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	Burkina Faso	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	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

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