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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	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,386	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,363	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,333	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,306	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,284	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,259	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,235	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,215	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,197	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,174	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,138	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,093	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,055	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,030	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,009	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,991	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,974	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,956	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,938	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,923	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,910	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,897	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,880	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,883	7,432

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