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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	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,483	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,913	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,354	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,815	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,289	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,764	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,249	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,746	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,278	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,843	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,419	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,002	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,586	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,181	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,800	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,513	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	291	24,273	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,995	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,680	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	293	26,373	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	294	27,114	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	294	27,878	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	295	28,663	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	295	29,417	3,228

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.