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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	Costa Rica	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,785	531
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,867	545
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,951	559
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,021	574
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,079	590
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,145	606
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,212	623
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,278	640
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,338	657
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,400	674
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,467	690
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,544	706
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,587	722
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,648	737
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,707	752
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,768	767
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,827	781
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,885	795
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,942	808
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,998	821
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,052	837
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,105	853
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,158	869
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,185	885

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, Costa Rica, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.