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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	Barbados	Albania	Central African Republic	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	3,889	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	3,980	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	4,054	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	4,128	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	4,215	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	4,289	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	4,363	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	4,449	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	4,544	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	4,641	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	4,742	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	4,845	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	4,950	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	5,057	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	5,167	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	5,278	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	5,392	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	5,507	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	5,625	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	5,745	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	5,874	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	6,025	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	6,154	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	6,291	590

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 Barbados, Albania, Central African Republic, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.