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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	Guatemala	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,487	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,728	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,968	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,258	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,556	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	12,873	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,200	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,517	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	13,828	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,139	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	14,452	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	14,769	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	15,088	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	15,405	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	15,719	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	16,030	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	16,337	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	16,636	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	16,929	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,223	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	17,518	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	17,812	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	18,106	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	18,348	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.

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