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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	Chad	Lithuania
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,559	3,419
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,821	3,395
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,092	3,367
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,395	3,340
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,763	3,313
Dec 31, 2004	279	9,191	3,276
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,594	3,223
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,967	3,172
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,338	3,134
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,728	3,102
Dec 31, 2009	285	11,139	3,068
Dec 31, 2010	286	11,550	3,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,983	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	12,427	2,898
Dec 31, 2013	289	12,895	2,869
Dec 31, 2014	290	13,379	2,844
Dec 31, 2015	291	13,823	2,818
Dec 31, 2016	291	14,277	2,782
Dec 31, 2017	292	14,765	2,744
Dec 31, 2018	293	15,252	2,718
Dec 31, 2019	294	15,750	2,710
Dec 31, 2020	294	16,257	2,711
Dec 31, 2021	295	16,776	2,724
Dec 31, 2022	295	17,307	2,748

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, Chad, Lithuania; the database as a whole is cited above.