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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	Seychelles	Namibia
Dec 31, 1999	273	78	1,841
Dec 31, 2000	274	79	1,893
Dec 31, 2001	275	80	1,945
Dec 31, 2002	276	81	1,981
Dec 31, 2003	278	82	2,008
Dec 31, 2004	279	83	2,034
Dec 31, 2005	280	84	2,060
Dec 31, 2006	281	85	2,086
Dec 31, 2007	282	86	2,113
Dec 31, 2008	283	87	2,141
Dec 31, 2009	285	87	2,170
Dec 31, 2010	286	88	2,201
Dec 31, 2011	287	89	2,232
Dec 31, 2012	288	90	2,268
Dec 31, 2013	289	91	2,312
Dec 31, 2014	290	92	2,360
Dec 31, 2015	291	92	2,408
Dec 31, 2016	291	93	2,456
Dec 31, 2017	292	94	2,505
Dec 31, 2018	293	95	2,554
Dec 31, 2019	294	96	2,602
Dec 31, 2020	294	97	2,651
Dec 31, 2021	295	98	2,700
Dec 31, 2022	295	98	2,739

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, Seychelles, Namibia; the database as a whole is cited above.