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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	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,087	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	23,487	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	23,887	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,273	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,645	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	24,989	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,255	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	25,484	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	25,732	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,998	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,298	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	26,664	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,081	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	27,505	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,917	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,311	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	28,678	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,034	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,384	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	29,718	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	30,057	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	30,595	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	31,311	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,845	590

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, Nepal, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.