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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	Niger
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,087	10,424
Dec 31, 2000	274	23,487	10,785
Dec 31, 2001	275	23,887	11,170
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,273	11,580
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,645	12,015
Dec 31, 2004	279	24,989	12,472
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,255	12,954
Dec 31, 2006	281	25,484	13,459
Dec 31, 2007	282	25,732	13,986
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,998	14,532
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,298	15,092
Dec 31, 2010	286	26,664	15,669
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,081	16,263
Dec 31, 2012	288	27,505	16,903
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,917	17,569
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,311	18,242
Dec 31, 2015	291	28,678	18,957
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,034	19,708
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,384	20,462
Dec 31, 2018	293	29,718	21,228
Dec 31, 2019	294	30,057	22,023
Dec 31, 2020	294	30,595	22,842
Dec 31, 2021	295	31,311	23,691
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,845	24,587

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