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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	Tanzania	Latvia
Dec 31, 1999	273	32,912	2,386
Dec 31, 2000	274	33,953	2,363
Dec 31, 2001	275	34,974	2,333
Dec 31, 2002	276	36,021	2,306
Dec 31, 2003	278	37,100	2,284
Dec 31, 2004	279	38,167	2,259
Dec 31, 2005	280	39,262	2,235
Dec 31, 2006	281	40,387	2,215
Dec 31, 2007	282	41,557	2,197
Dec 31, 2008	283	42,741	2,174
Dec 31, 2009	285	43,889	2,138
Dec 31, 2010	286	45,132	2,093
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,531	2,055
Dec 31, 2012	288	47,965	2,030
Dec 31, 2013	289	49,437	2,009
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,965	1,991
Dec 31, 2015	291	52,604	1,974
Dec 31, 2016	291	54,336	1,956
Dec 31, 2017	292	56,062	1,938
Dec 31, 2018	293	57,765	1,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,465	1,910
Dec 31, 2020	294	61,191	1,897
Dec 31, 2021	295	62,944	1,880
Dec 31, 2022	295	64,835	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, Tanzania, Latvia; the database as a whole is cited above.