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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	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	273	422	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	274	430	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	275	438	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	276	447	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	278	455	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	279	463	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	280	471	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	281	478	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	486	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	283	494	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	285	501	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	287	516	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	288	524	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	289	531	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	290	539	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	291	546	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	291	553	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	292	562	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	293	568	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	294	574	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	294	580	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	295	585	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	295	590	2,059

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, Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.