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

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