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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	Israel	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,927	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,088	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,236	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,366	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,484	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	6,603	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	6,723	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,846	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,972	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,100	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,226	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,360	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,498	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,637	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,781	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,931	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,091	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,251	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,412	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,576	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,742	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,899	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,047	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,188	590

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

Israel

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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