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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	Lesotho	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,908	531
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,916	545
Dec 31, 2001	275	1,922	559
Dec 31, 2002	276	1,926	574
Dec 31, 2003	278	1,926	590
Dec 31, 2004	279	1,925	606
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,922	623
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,919	640
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,917	657
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,915	674
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,916	690
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,920	706
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,925	722
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,930	737
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,936	752
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,942	767
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,948	781
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,953	795
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,958	808
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,962	821
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,987	837
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,013	853
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,037	869
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,059	885

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, Lesotho, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.