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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	Luxembourg	Hong Kong SAR China	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	433	6,587	273
Dec 31, 2000	438	6,646	274
Dec 31, 2001	443	6,695	275
Dec 31, 2002	448	6,725	276
Dec 31, 2003	454	6,712	278
Dec 31, 2004	460	6,765	279
Dec 31, 2005	467	6,794	280
Dec 31, 2006	474	6,838	281
Dec 31, 2007	482	6,897	282
Dec 31, 2008	491	6,938	283
Dec 31, 2009	500	6,953	285
Dec 31, 2010	509	7,004	286
Dec 31, 2011	521	7,052	287
Dec 31, 2012	533	7,130	288
Dec 31, 2013	547	7,159	289
Dec 31, 2014	560	7,209	290
Dec 31, 2015	571	7,271	291
Dec 31, 2016	586	7,316	291
Dec 31, 2017	599	7,372	292
Dec 31, 2018	610	7,432	293
Dec 31, 2019	623	7,487	294
Dec 31, 2020	633	7,460	294
Dec 31, 2021	643	7,392	295
Dec 31, 2022	651	7,387	295

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 Luxembourg, Hong Kong SAR China, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.