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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	Mauritania
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,483	2,437
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,913	2,501
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,354	2,566
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,815	2,632
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,289	2,699
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,764	2,768
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,249	2,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,746	2,909
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,278	2,981
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,843	3,055
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,419	3,129
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,002	3,205
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,586	3,282
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,181	3,359
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,800	3,438
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,513	3,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	24,273	3,597
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,995	3,677
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,680	3,759
Dec 31, 2018	293	26,373	3,840
Dec 31, 2019	294	27,114	3,942
Dec 31, 2020	294	27,878	4,045
Dec 31, 2021	295	28,663	4,150
Dec 31, 2022	295	29,417	4,259

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