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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	Madagascar	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,259	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,707	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,162	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,631	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,114	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,610	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,120	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,641	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,173	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,717	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,272	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,837	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,413	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	288	21,999	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,593	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,196	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	291	23,806	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,423	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,044	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,671	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	294	26,302	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	26,936	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	295	27,573	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,237	39,252

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