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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	Guinea
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,483	7,610
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,913	7,780
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,354	7,821
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,815	7,906
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,289	8,121
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,764	8,317
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,249	8,478
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,746	8,650
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,278	8,860
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,843	9,091
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,419	9,327
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,002	9,571
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,586	9,825
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,181	10,084
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,800	10,351
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,513	10,632
Dec 31, 2015	291	24,273	10,924
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,995	11,225
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,680	11,534
Dec 31, 2018	293	26,373	11,855
Dec 31, 2019	294	27,114	12,160
Dec 31, 2020	294	27,878	12,469
Dec 31, 2021	295	28,663	12,778
Dec 31, 2022	295	29,417	13,087

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, Guinea; the database as a whole is cited above.