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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	Côte d’Ivoire	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	273	17,106	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,552	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	275	18,010	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,438	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,895	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,432	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	280	19,968	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,512	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,097	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,699	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,285	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	286	22,845	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,343	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	288	23,879	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	289	24,492	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	290	25,104	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	291	25,719	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	26,348	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	292	26,984	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	27,614	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	294	28,252	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	294	28,895	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	295	29,546	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	295	30,279	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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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, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.