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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	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,087	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	274	23,487	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	275	23,887	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,273	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,645	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	279	24,989	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,255	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	281	25,484	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	282	25,732	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,998	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,298	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	286	26,664	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,081	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	288	27,505	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,917	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,311	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	291	28,678	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,034	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,384	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	29,718	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	294	30,057	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	294	30,595	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	295	31,311	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,845	28,237

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