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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	Cape Verde	Côte d’Ivoire
Dec 31, 1999	273	422	17,106
Dec 31, 2000	274	430	17,552
Dec 31, 2001	275	438	18,010
Dec 31, 2002	276	447	18,438
Dec 31, 2003	278	455	18,895
Dec 31, 2004	279	463	19,432
Dec 31, 2005	280	471	19,968
Dec 31, 2006	281	478	20,512
Dec 31, 2007	282	486	21,097
Dec 31, 2008	283	494	21,699
Dec 31, 2009	285	501	22,285
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	22,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	516	23,343
Dec 31, 2012	288	524	23,879
Dec 31, 2013	289	531	24,492
Dec 31, 2014	290	539	25,104
Dec 31, 2015	291	546	25,719
Dec 31, 2016	291	553	26,348
Dec 31, 2017	292	562	26,984
Dec 31, 2018	293	568	27,614
Dec 31, 2019	294	574	28,252
Dec 31, 2020	294	580	28,895
Dec 31, 2021	295	585	29,546
Dec 31, 2022	295	590	30,279

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, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire; the database as a whole is cited above.