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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	Madagascar	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	15,259	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	15,707	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	16,162	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	16,631	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	17,114	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	17,610	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	18,120	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	18,641	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	19,173	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	19,717	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	20,272	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	20,837	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	21,413	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	21,999	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	22,593	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	23,196	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	23,806	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	24,423	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	25,044	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	25,671	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	26,302	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	26,936	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	27,573	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	28,237	7,387

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