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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	Nigeria
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,483	121,649
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,913	125,014
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,354	128,513
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,815	132,165
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,289	135,971
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,764	139,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,249	143,914
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,746	148,019
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,278	152,195
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,843	156,434
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,419	160,751
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,002	165,142
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,586	169,607
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,181	174,142
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,800	178,737
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,513	183,362
Dec 31, 2015	291	24,273	187,979
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,995	192,594
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,680	197,417
Dec 31, 2018	293	26,373	202,498
Dec 31, 2019	294	27,114	207,699
Dec 31, 2020	294	27,878	213,021
Dec 31, 2021	295	28,663	218,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	29,417	223,735

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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.