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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	Vietnam	Latvia
Dec 31, 1999	273	78,394	2,386
Dec 31, 2000	274	79,472	2,363
Dec 31, 2001	275	80,546	2,333
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,637	2,306
Dec 31, 2003	278	82,720	2,284
Dec 31, 2004	279	83,821	2,259
Dec 31, 2005	280	84,942	2,235
Dec 31, 2006	281	86,036	2,215
Dec 31, 2007	282	87,136	2,197
Dec 31, 2008	283	88,253	2,174
Dec 31, 2009	285	89,373	2,138
Dec 31, 2010	286	90,481	2,093
Dec 31, 2011	287	91,591	2,055
Dec 31, 2012	288	92,720	2,030
Dec 31, 2013	289	93,883	2,009
Dec 31, 2014	290	95,055	1,991
Dec 31, 2015	291	96,222	1,974
Dec 31, 2016	291	97,380	1,956
Dec 31, 2017	292	98,507	1,938
Dec 31, 2018	293	99,604	1,923
Dec 31, 2019	294	100,695	1,910
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,771	1,897
Dec 31, 2021	295	102,815	1,880
Dec 31, 2022	295	103,574	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, Vietnam, Latvia; the database as a whole is cited above.