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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	Burkina Faso	Albania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	23,087	11,075	3,085	273
Dec 31, 2000	23,487	11,405	3,065	274
Dec 31, 2001	23,887	11,828	3,047	275
Dec 31, 2002	24,273	12,380	3,038	276
Dec 31, 2003	24,645	12,829	3,026	278
Dec 31, 2004	24,989	13,178	3,014	279
Dec 31, 2005	25,255	13,540	2,998	280
Dec 31, 2006	25,484	13,917	2,979	281
Dec 31, 2007	25,732	14,309	2,957	282
Dec 31, 2008	25,998	14,722	2,934	283
Dec 31, 2009	26,298	15,152	2,915	285
Dec 31, 2010	26,664	15,600	2,900	286
Dec 31, 2011	27,081	16,064	2,892	287
Dec 31, 2012	27,505	16,563	2,888	288
Dec 31, 2013	27,917	17,072	2,882	289
Dec 31, 2014	28,311	17,575	2,876	290
Dec 31, 2015	28,678	18,094	2,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	29,034	18,621	2,863	291
Dec 31, 2017	29,384	19,157	2,861	292
Dec 31, 2018	29,718	19,698	2,854	293
Dec 31, 2019	30,057	20,242	2,842	294
Dec 31, 2020	30,595	20,788	2,825	294
Dec 31, 2021	31,311	21,336	2,799	295
Dec 31, 2022	31,845	21,889	2,787	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.

All data sources

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, Burkina Faso, Albania, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.