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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	Dominica	Central African Republic	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	3,889	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	3,980	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	4,054	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	4,128	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	4,215	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	4,289	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	4,363	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	4,449	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	4,544	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	4,641	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	4,742	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	4,845	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	4,950	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	5,057	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	5,167	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	5,278	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	5,392	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	5,507	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	5,625	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	5,745	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	5,874	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	6,025	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	6,154	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	6,291	16,514

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.

All data sources

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, Dominica, Central African Republic, Cambodia; the database as a whole is cited above.