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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	Lithuania
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,424	3,419
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,785	3,395
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,170	3,367
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,580	3,340
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,015	3,313
Dec 31, 2004	279	12,472	3,276
Dec 31, 2005	280	12,954	3,223
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,459	3,172
Dec 31, 2007	282	13,986	3,134
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,532	3,102
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,092	3,068
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,669	3,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,263	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,903	2,898
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,569	2,869
Dec 31, 2014	290	18,242	2,844
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,957	2,818
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,708	2,782
Dec 31, 2017	292	20,462	2,744
Dec 31, 2018	293	21,228	2,718
Dec 31, 2019	294	22,023	2,710
Dec 31, 2020	294	22,842	2,711
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,691	2,724
Dec 31, 2022	295	24,587	2,748

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