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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	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	273	422	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	274	430	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	275	438	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	276	447	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	278	455	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	279	463	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	280	471	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	281	478	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	282	486	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	283	494	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	285	501	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	516	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	524	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	289	531	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	290	539	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	291	546	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	291	553	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	292	562	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	293	568	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	294	574	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	294	580	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	295	585	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	295	590	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.