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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	Serbia
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,483	7,611
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,913	7,587
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,354	7,574
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,815	7,570
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,289	7,551
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,764	7,533
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,249	7,510
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,746	7,481
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,278	7,451
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,843	7,419
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,419	7,389
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,002	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,586	7,304
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,181	7,269
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,800	7,234
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,513	7,199
Dec 31, 2015	291	24,273	7,162
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,995	7,124
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,680	7,087
Dec 31, 2018	293	26,373	7,048
Dec 31, 2019	294	27,114	7,010
Dec 31, 2020	294	27,878	6,964
Dec 31, 2021	295	28,663	6,898
Dec 31, 2022	295	29,417	6,833

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.

All data sources

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

Serbia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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