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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	Estonia	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,378	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,400	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	275	1,391	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	276	1,382	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	278	1,374	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	279	1,365	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,357	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,349	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,341	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,337	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,334	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,332	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,328	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,324	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,319	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,314	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,312	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,314	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,314	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,318	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,323	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,327	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,329	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,330	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, Estonia, Nepal; the database as a whole is cited above.