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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	Cambodia	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	273	12,122	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	274	12,317	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	275	12,504	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,691	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,881	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,076	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,276	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,461	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	282	13,630	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	283	13,808	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	285	13,990	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	286	14,162	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	287	14,322	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	288	14,480	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	289	14,637	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	290	14,793	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	291	14,994	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	291	15,238	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	15,480	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	293	15,717	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	294	15,944	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	294	16,149	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	295	16,338	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	295	16,514	6,910

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, Cambodia, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.