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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	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,259	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,707	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,162	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,631	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,114	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,610	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,120	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,641	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,173	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,717	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,272	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,837	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,413	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	288	21,999	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,593	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,196	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	291	23,806	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,423	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,044	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,671	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	294	26,302	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	294	26,936	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	295	27,573	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,237	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, Madagascar, Nepal; the database as a whole is cited above.