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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	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	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, Dominica, Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.