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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	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,087	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	274	23,487	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	275	23,887	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,273	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,645	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	279	24,989	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,255	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	281	25,484	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	282	25,732	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,998	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,298	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	286	26,664	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,081	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	288	27,505	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,917	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,311	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	291	28,678	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,034	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,384	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	293	29,718	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	294	30,057	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	294	30,595	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	295	31,311	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,845	64,835

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