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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	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,006	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,017	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,026	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,011	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,018	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,024	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,028	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,031	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,035	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,038	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,042	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,046	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,049	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,052	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,055	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,058	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,061	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,063	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,065	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,067	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,068	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,065	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,057	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,048	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

North Macedonia

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

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