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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	Cameroon	Gabon
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,483	1,143
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,913	1,179
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,354	1,207
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,815	1,234
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,289	1,262
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,764	1,297
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,249	1,340
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,746	1,384
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,278	1,434
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,843	1,487
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,419	1,542
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,002	1,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,586	1,656
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,181	1,714
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,800	1,778
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,513	1,843
Dec 31, 2015	291	24,273	1,905
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,995	1,966
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,680	2,025
Dec 31, 2018	293	26,373	2,083
Dec 31, 2019	294	27,114	2,139
Dec 31, 2020	294	27,878	2,193
Dec 31, 2021	295	28,663	2,246
Dec 31, 2022	295	29,417	2,292

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