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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	St. Lucia	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	273	152	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	274	153	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	275	154	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	276	155	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	278	156	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	279	157	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	280	157	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	281	158	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	282	159	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	283	160	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	285	160	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	286	161	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	287	162	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	288	162	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	289	163	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	290	163	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	291	164	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	291	164	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	292	165	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	166	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	294	166	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	294	167	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	295	167	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	295	167	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, St. Lucia, Nepal; the database as a whole is cited above.