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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,377	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,334	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,171	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,176	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,176	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,179	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,182	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,183	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,183	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,181	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,177	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,167	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,154	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,126	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,109	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,081	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,047	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,006	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,968	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,945	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,925	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,839	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,790	220

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

Croatia

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

No separate list is published for Barbados, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.