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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	Paraguay	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,366	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,473	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,579	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,683	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,786	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,886	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,984	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,080	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,173	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,264	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,352	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,438	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,522	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,605	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,688	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,769	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,850	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,930	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,012	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,095	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,179	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,263	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,348	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,432	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, Paraguay, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.