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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	Dominica	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,366	70	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,473	71	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,579	71	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,683	72	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,786	72	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,886	72	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,984	72	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,080	72	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,173	72	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,264	73	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,352	73	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,438	73	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,522	73	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,605	73	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,688	73	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,769	73	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,850	74	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,930	74	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,012	74	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,095	74	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,179	75	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,263	75	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,348	76	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,432	76	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.

All data sources

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, Dominica, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.