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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	Pakistan	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	273	141,497	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	274	145,759	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	275	150,448	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	276	154,585	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	278	158,209	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	279	161,556	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	280	165,075	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	281	168,846	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	282	172,882	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	283	176,809	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	285	180,690	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	286	184,989	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	287	189,314	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	288	193,569	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	289	197,994	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	290	202,387	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	291	206,716	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	210,929	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	292	215,276	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	219,927	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	294	224,604	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	294	229,276	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	295	233,942	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	295	238,413	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.

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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, Pakistan, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.