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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	Niger	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,424	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,785	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,170	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,580	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,015	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	279	12,472	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	280	12,954	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,459	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	282	13,986	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,532	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,092	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,669	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,263	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,903	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,569	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	290	18,242	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,957	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,708	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	292	20,462	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	293	21,228	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	294	22,023	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	294	22,842	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,691	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	295	24,587	7,387

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, Niger, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.