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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	Eswatini
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,259	1,033
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,707	1,032
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,162	1,030
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,631	1,028
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,114	1,026
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,610	1,025
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,120	1,023
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,641	1,021
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,173	1,019
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,717	1,017
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,272	1,017
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,837	1,019
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,413	1,024
Dec 31, 2012	288	21,999	1,032
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,593	1,041
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,196	1,051
Dec 31, 2015	291	23,806	1,060
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,423	1,069
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,044	1,078
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,671	1,087
Dec 31, 2019	294	26,302	1,096
Dec 31, 2020	294	26,936	1,106
Dec 31, 2021	295	27,573	1,117
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,237	1,126

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