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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	Mauritania	Slovakia
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,437	5,360
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,501	5,365
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,566	5,344
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,632	5,343
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,699	5,343
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,768	5,346
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,838	5,351
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,909	5,355
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,981	5,361
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,055	5,370
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,129	5,382
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,205	5,394
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,282	5,362
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,359	5,370
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,438	5,377
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,517	5,382
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,597	5,386
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,677	5,395
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,759	5,402
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,840	5,410
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,942	5,417
Dec 31, 2020	294	4,045	5,424
Dec 31, 2021	295	4,150	5,404
Dec 31, 2022	295	4,259	5,464

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, Mauritania, Slovakia; the database as a whole is cited above.