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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	Hong Kong SAR China	Guatemala
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,587	11,487
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,646	11,728
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,695	11,968
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,725	12,258
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,712	12,556
Dec 31, 2004	279	6,765	12,873
Dec 31, 2005	280	6,794	13,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,838	13,517
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,897	13,828
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,938	14,139
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,953	14,452
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,004	14,769
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,052	15,088
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,130	15,405
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,159	15,719
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,209	16,030
Dec 31, 2015	291	7,271	16,337
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,316	16,636
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,372	16,929
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,432	17,223
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,487	17,518
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,460	17,812
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,392	18,106
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,387	18,348

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, Hong Kong SAR China, Guatemala; the database as a whole is cited above.