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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	Portugal	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,144	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,215	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,288	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,344	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,383	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,408	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,427	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,446	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,467	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,482	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,492	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,497	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,481	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,439	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,382	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,326	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,283	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	291	10,251	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,226	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,209	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,212	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,223	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,214	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,200	19,512

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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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