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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	Nigeria	Lithuania
Dec 31, 1999	273	121,649	3,419
Dec 31, 2000	274	125,014	3,395
Dec 31, 2001	275	128,513	3,367
Dec 31, 2002	276	132,165	3,340
Dec 31, 2003	278	135,971	3,313
Dec 31, 2004	279	139,900	3,276
Dec 31, 2005	280	143,914	3,223
Dec 31, 2006	281	148,019	3,172
Dec 31, 2007	282	152,195	3,134
Dec 31, 2008	283	156,434	3,102
Dec 31, 2009	285	160,751	3,068
Dec 31, 2010	286	165,142	3,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	169,607	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	174,142	2,898
Dec 31, 2013	289	178,737	2,869
Dec 31, 2014	290	183,362	2,844
Dec 31, 2015	291	187,979	2,818
Dec 31, 2016	291	192,594	2,782
Dec 31, 2017	292	197,417	2,744
Dec 31, 2018	293	202,498	2,718
Dec 31, 2019	294	207,699	2,710
Dec 31, 2020	294	213,021	2,711
Dec 31, 2021	295	218,473	2,724
Dec 31, 2022	295	223,735	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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Lithuania; the database as a whole is cited above.