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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	Central African Republic	Guinea-Bissau
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,889	1,183
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,980	1,208
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,054	1,233
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,128	1,260
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,215	1,288
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,289	1,317
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,363	1,348
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,449	1,379
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,544	1,412
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,641	1,446
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,742	1,481
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,845	1,516
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,950	1,551
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,057	1,587
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,167	1,624
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,278	1,663
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,392	1,703
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,507	1,745
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,625	1,789
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,745	1,833
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,874	1,877
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,025	1,920
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,154	1,963
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,291	2,005

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, Central African Republic, Guinea-Bissau; the database as a whole is cited above.