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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	Mozambique
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,587	16,522
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,646	16,841
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,695	17,176
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,725	17,525
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,712	17,889
Dec 31, 2004	279	6,765	18,264
Dec 31, 2005	280	6,794	18,652
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,838	19,059
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,897	19,480
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,938	19,928
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,953	20,418
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,004	20,950
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,052	21,535
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,130	22,150
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,159	22,768
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,209	23,393
Dec 31, 2015	291	7,271	24,023
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,316	24,660
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,372	25,318
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,432	25,998
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,487	26,694
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,460	27,401
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,392	28,121
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,387	28,903

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, Mozambique; the database as a whole is cited above.