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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	Nepal	Bulgaria
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,087	8,091
Dec 31, 2000	274	23,487	8,052
Dec 31, 2001	275	23,887	7,798
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,273	7,755
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,645	7,710
Dec 31, 2004	279	24,989	7,668
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,255	7,628
Dec 31, 2006	281	25,484	7,587
Dec 31, 2007	282	25,732	7,549
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,998	7,513
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,298	7,475
Dec 31, 2010	286	26,664	7,425
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,081	7,242
Dec 31, 2012	288	27,505	7,200
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,917	7,160
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,311	7,119
Dec 31, 2015	291	28,678	7,074
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,034	7,024
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,384	6,973
Dec 31, 2018	293	29,718	6,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	30,057	6,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	30,595	6,833
Dec 31, 2021	295	31,311	6,778
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,845	6,720

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

Bulgaria

1892-1945: Ivanov, M. (2006). “Bulgarian National Income between 1892 and 1924,” Bulgarian National Discussion Papers DP/54/2006

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