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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	Paraguay	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	5,366	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	5,473	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	5,579	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	5,683	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	5,786	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	5,886	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	5,984	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	6,080	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	6,173	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	6,264	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	6,352	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	6,438	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	6,522	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	6,605	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	6,688	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	6,769	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	6,850	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	6,930	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	7,012	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	7,095	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	7,179	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	7,263	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	7,348	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	7,432	29,417

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, Paraguay, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.