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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	Latvia	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,386	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,363	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,333	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,306	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,284	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,259	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,235	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,215	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,197	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,174	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,138	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,093	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,055	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,030	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,009	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,991	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,974	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,956	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,938	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,923	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,910	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,897	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,880	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,883	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, Latvia, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.