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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	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,424	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,785	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,170	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,580	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,015	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	279	12,472	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	280	12,954	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,459	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	282	13,986	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,532	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,092	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,669	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,263	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,903	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,569	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	290	18,242	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,957	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,708	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	292	20,462	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	21,228	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	294	22,023	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	294	22,842	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,691	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	295	24,587	28,237

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