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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	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,087	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	274	23,487	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	275	23,887	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,273	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,645	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	279	24,989	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,255	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	281	25,484	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	282	25,732	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,998	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,298	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	286	26,664	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,081	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	288	27,505	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,917	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,311	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	291	28,678	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,034	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,384	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	293	29,718	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	294	30,057	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	294	30,595	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	295	31,311	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,845	117,924

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