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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	Latvia	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,386	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,363	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,333	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,306	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,284	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,259	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,235	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,215	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,197	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,174	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,138	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,093	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,055	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,030	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,009	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,991	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,974	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,956	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,938	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,923	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,910	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,897	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,880	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,883	28,237

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, Latvia, Madagascar; the database as a whole is cited above.