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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	Kuwait	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,926	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,982	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,038	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,094	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,151	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,208	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,268	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,329	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,388	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,446	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,502	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,556	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,609	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,660	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,710	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,757	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,804	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,848	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,891	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,933	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,972	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,011	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,048	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,061	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

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