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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	Tunisia	Hong Kong SAR China	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	6,587	273
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	6,646	274
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	6,695	275
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	6,725	276
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	6,712	278
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	6,765	279
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	6,794	280
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	6,838	281
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	6,897	282
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	6,938	283
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	6,953	285
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	7,004	286
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	7,052	287
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	7,130	288
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	7,159	289
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	7,209	290
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	7,271	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	7,316	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	7,372	292
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	7,432	293
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	7,487	294
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	7,460	294
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	7,392	295
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	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 Tunisia, Hong Kong SAR China, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.