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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	Serbia	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,611	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,587	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,574	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,570	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,551	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,533	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,510	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,481	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,451	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,419	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,389	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,360	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,304	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,269	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,234	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,199	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	7,162	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,124	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,087	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,048	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,010	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,964	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,898	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,833	220

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

Serbia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.