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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	Serbia	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,611	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,587	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,574	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,570	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,551	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,533	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,510	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,481	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,451	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,419	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,389	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,360	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,304	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,269	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,234	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,199	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	291	7,162	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,124	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,087	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,048	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,010	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,964	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,898	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,833	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.

All data sources

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

Serbia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados, Madagascar; the database as a whole is cited above.