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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	North Macedonia	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,006	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,017	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,026	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,011	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,018	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,024	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,028	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,031	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,035	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,038	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,042	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,046	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,049	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,052	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,055	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,058	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,061	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,063	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,065	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,067	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,068	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,065	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,057	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,048	29,417

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

North Macedonia

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

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