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

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