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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	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	23,087	273	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	23,487	274	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	23,887	275	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	24,273	276	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	24,645	278	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	24,989	279	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	25,255	280	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	25,484	281	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	25,732	282	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	25,998	283	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	26,298	285	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	26,664	286	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	27,081	287	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	27,505	288	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	27,917	289	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	28,311	290	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	28,678	291	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	29,034	291	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	29,384	292	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	29,718	293	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	30,057	294	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	30,595	294	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	31,311	295	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	31,845	295	3,228

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.