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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	Pakistan	Latvia
Dec 31, 1999	273	141,497	2,386
Dec 31, 2000	274	145,759	2,363
Dec 31, 2001	275	150,448	2,333
Dec 31, 2002	276	154,585	2,306
Dec 31, 2003	278	158,209	2,284
Dec 31, 2004	279	161,556	2,259
Dec 31, 2005	280	165,075	2,235
Dec 31, 2006	281	168,846	2,215
Dec 31, 2007	282	172,882	2,197
Dec 31, 2008	283	176,809	2,174
Dec 31, 2009	285	180,690	2,138
Dec 31, 2010	286	184,989	2,093
Dec 31, 2011	287	189,314	2,055
Dec 31, 2012	288	193,569	2,030
Dec 31, 2013	289	197,994	2,009
Dec 31, 2014	290	202,387	1,991
Dec 31, 2015	291	206,716	1,974
Dec 31, 2016	291	210,929	1,956
Dec 31, 2017	292	215,276	1,938
Dec 31, 2018	293	219,927	1,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	224,604	1,910
Dec 31, 2020	294	229,276	1,897
Dec 31, 2021	295	233,942	1,880
Dec 31, 2022	295	238,413	1,883

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, Pakistan, Latvia; the database as a whole is cited above.