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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	Croatia	Serbia
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,377	7,611
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,334	7,587
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,171	7,574
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,176	7,570
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,176	7,551
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,179	7,533
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,182	7,510
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,183	7,481
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,183	7,451
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,181	7,419
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,177	7,389
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,167	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,154	7,304
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	7,269
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,126	7,234
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,109	7,199
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,081	7,162
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,047	7,124
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,006	7,087
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,968	7,048
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,945	7,010
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,925	6,964
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,839	6,898
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,790	6,833

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

Croatia

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

Serbia

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

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