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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	North Macedonia	Pakistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,006	141,497
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,017	145,759
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,026	150,448
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,011	154,585
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,018	158,209
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,024	161,556
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,028	165,075
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,031	168,846
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,035	172,882
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,038	176,809
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,042	180,690
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,046	184,989
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,049	189,314
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,052	193,569
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,055	197,994
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,058	202,387
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,061	206,716
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,063	210,929
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,065	215,276
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,067	219,927
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,068	224,604
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,065	229,276
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,057	233,942
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,048	238,413

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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados, Pakistan; the database as a whole is cited above.