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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	Dominica	Paraguay	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	5,366	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	5,473	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	5,579	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	5,683	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	5,786	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	5,886	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	5,984	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	6,080	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	6,173	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	6,264	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	6,352	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	6,438	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	6,522	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	6,605	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	6,688	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	6,769	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	6,850	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	6,930	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	7,012	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	7,095	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	7,179	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	7,263	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	7,348	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	7,432	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.

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

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