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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	Norway	Niger
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,463	10,424
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,492	10,785
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,515	11,170
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,539	11,580
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,566	12,015
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,593	12,472
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,624	12,954
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,662	13,459
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,710	13,986
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,769	14,532
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,830	15,092
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,890	15,669
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,954	16,263
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,020	16,903
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,081	17,569
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,138	18,242
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,191	18,957
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,237	19,708
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,278	20,462
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,313	21,228
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,349	22,023
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,380	22,842
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,409	23,691
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,458	24,587

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

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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