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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	Benin	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,461	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,677	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,902	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,130	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,360	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,589	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,838	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	281	8,089	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	282	8,335	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	283	8,603	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,884	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,179	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,486	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,805	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,135	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,480	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,842	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,220	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,613	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	12,018	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	294	12,370	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	294	12,725	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	295	13,081	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	295	13,439	29,417

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 Barbados, Benin, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.