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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	Ukraine
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,587	49,491
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,646	49,014
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,695	48,520
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,725	48,074
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,712	47,692
Dec 31, 2004	279	6,765	47,342
Dec 31, 2005	280	6,794	47,003
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,838	46,685
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,897	46,407
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,938	46,156
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,953	45,951
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,004	45,768
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,052	45,604
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,130	45,492
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,159	45,389
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,209	44,944
Dec 31, 2015	291	7,271	44,429
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,316	44,208
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,372	44,029
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,432	43,944
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,487	43,951
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,460	43,904
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,392	43,746
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,387	39,897

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