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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	Jamaica
Dec 31, 1999	273	422	2,643
Dec 31, 2000	274	430	2,670
Dec 31, 2001	275	438	2,694
Dec 31, 2002	276	447	2,707
Dec 31, 2003	278	455	2,709
Dec 31, 2004	279	463	2,711
Dec 31, 2005	280	471	2,711
Dec 31, 2006	281	478	2,710
Dec 31, 2007	282	486	2,708
Dec 31, 2008	283	494	2,705
Dec 31, 2009	285	501	2,702
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	2,697
Dec 31, 2011	287	516	2,692
Dec 31, 2012	288	524	2,686
Dec 31, 2013	289	531	2,682
Dec 31, 2014	290	539	2,678
Dec 31, 2015	291	546	2,675
Dec 31, 2016	291	553	2,674
Dec 31, 2017	292	562	2,673
Dec 31, 2018	293	568	2,673
Dec 31, 2019	294	574	2,674
Dec 31, 2020	294	580	2,675
Dec 31, 2021	295	585	2,676
Dec 31, 2022	295	590	2,676

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

Jamaica

1850 - 1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)

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