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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	Namibia	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,841	531
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,893	545
Dec 31, 2001	275	1,945	559
Dec 31, 2002	276	1,981	574
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,008	590
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,034	606
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,060	623
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,086	640
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,113	657
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,141	674
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,170	690
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,201	706
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,232	722
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,268	737
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,312	752
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,360	767
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,408	781
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,456	795
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,505	808
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,554	821
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,602	837
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,651	853
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,700	869
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,739	885

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