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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	Montenegro	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	273	623	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	274	623	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	275	623	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	276	622	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	278	621	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	279	621	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	280	621	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	281	620	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	620	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	283	621	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	285	622	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	286	623	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	287	622	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	288	622	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	289	622	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	290	621	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	291	620	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	291	618	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	292	616	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	293	614	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	294	613	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	294	612	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	295	611	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	295	610	2,059

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

Montenegro

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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