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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	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,087	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	23,487	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	275	23,887	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,273	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,645	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	279	24,989	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,255	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	281	25,484	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	282	25,732	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,998	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,298	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	286	26,664	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,081	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	288	27,505	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,917	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,311	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	291	28,678	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,034	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,384	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	293	29,718	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	294	30,057	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	294	30,595	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	295	31,311	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,845	1,330

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