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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	Mongolia
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,424	2,433
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,785	2,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,170	2,489
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,580	2,519
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,015	2,547
Dec 31, 2004	279	12,472	2,574
Dec 31, 2005	280	12,954	2,602
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,459	2,633
Dec 31, 2007	282	13,986	2,666
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,532	2,702
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,092	2,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,669	2,783
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,263	2,827
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,903	2,870
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,569	2,912
Dec 31, 2014	290	18,242	2,953
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,957	2,993
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,708	3,031
Dec 31, 2017	292	20,462	3,068
Dec 31, 2018	293	21,228	3,103
Dec 31, 2019	294	22,023	3,171
Dec 31, 2020	294	22,842	3,231
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,691	3,284
Dec 31, 2022	295	24,587	3,333

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