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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	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,259	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,707	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,162	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,631	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,114	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,610	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,120	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,641	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,173	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,717	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,272	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,837	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,413	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	288	21,999	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,593	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,196	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	291	23,806	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,423	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,044	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,671	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	294	26,302	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	294	26,936	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	295	27,573	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,237	7,169

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