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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	Nepal	Barbados	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	23,087	273	152
Dec 31, 2000	23,487	274	153
Dec 31, 2001	23,887	275	154
Dec 31, 2002	24,273	276	155
Dec 31, 2003	24,645	278	156
Dec 31, 2004	24,989	279	157
Dec 31, 2005	25,255	280	157
Dec 31, 2006	25,484	281	158
Dec 31, 2007	25,732	282	159
Dec 31, 2008	25,998	283	160
Dec 31, 2009	26,298	285	160
Dec 31, 2010	26,664	286	161
Dec 31, 2011	27,081	287	162
Dec 31, 2012	27,505	288	162
Dec 31, 2013	27,917	289	163
Dec 31, 2014	28,311	290	163
Dec 31, 2015	28,678	291	164
Dec 31, 2016	29,034	291	164
Dec 31, 2017	29,384	292	165
Dec 31, 2018	29,718	293	166
Dec 31, 2019	30,057	294	166
Dec 31, 2020	30,595	294	167
Dec 31, 2021	31,311	295	167
Dec 31, 2022	31,845	295	167

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