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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	Djibouti	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	273	646	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	274	669	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	275	693	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	276	716	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	278	691	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	279	657	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	280	666	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	281	679	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	694	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	283	709	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	285	725	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	286	741	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	287	757	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	288	774	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	289	792	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	290	810	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	291	828	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	291	847	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	292	865	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	293	884	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	294	898	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	294	912	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	295	924	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	295	937	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, Djibouti, Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.