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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	Mauritania
Dec 31, 1999	273	422	2,437
Dec 31, 2000	274	430	2,501
Dec 31, 2001	275	438	2,566
Dec 31, 2002	276	447	2,632
Dec 31, 2003	278	455	2,699
Dec 31, 2004	279	463	2,768
Dec 31, 2005	280	471	2,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	478	2,909
Dec 31, 2007	282	486	2,981
Dec 31, 2008	283	494	3,055
Dec 31, 2009	285	501	3,129
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	3,205
Dec 31, 2011	287	516	3,282
Dec 31, 2012	288	524	3,359
Dec 31, 2013	289	531	3,438
Dec 31, 2014	290	539	3,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	546	3,597
Dec 31, 2016	291	553	3,677
Dec 31, 2017	292	562	3,759
Dec 31, 2018	293	568	3,840
Dec 31, 2019	294	574	3,942
Dec 31, 2020	294	580	4,045
Dec 31, 2021	295	585	4,150
Dec 31, 2022	295	590	4,259

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