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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	Namibia
Dec 31, 1999	273	623	1,841
Dec 31, 2000	274	623	1,893
Dec 31, 2001	275	623	1,945
Dec 31, 2002	276	622	1,981
Dec 31, 2003	278	621	2,008
Dec 31, 2004	279	621	2,034
Dec 31, 2005	280	621	2,060
Dec 31, 2006	281	620	2,086
Dec 31, 2007	282	620	2,113
Dec 31, 2008	283	621	2,141
Dec 31, 2009	285	622	2,170
Dec 31, 2010	286	623	2,201
Dec 31, 2011	287	622	2,232
Dec 31, 2012	288	622	2,268
Dec 31, 2013	289	622	2,312
Dec 31, 2014	290	621	2,360
Dec 31, 2015	291	620	2,408
Dec 31, 2016	291	618	2,456
Dec 31, 2017	292	616	2,505
Dec 31, 2018	293	614	2,554
Dec 31, 2019	294	613	2,602
Dec 31, 2020	294	612	2,651
Dec 31, 2021	295	611	2,700
Dec 31, 2022	295	610	2,739

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.

All data sources

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, Namibia; the database as a whole is cited above.