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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	North Macedonia	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	2,006	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	2,017	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	2,026	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	2,011	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	2,018	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	2,024	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	2,028	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	2,031	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	2,035	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	2,038	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	2,042	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	2,046	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	2,049	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	2,052	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	2,055	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	2,058	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	2,061	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	2,063	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	2,065	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	2,067	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	2,068	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	2,065	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	2,057	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	2,048	3,228

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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados, Dominica, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.