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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	Sierra Leone	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,736	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,809	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,043	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,287	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,466	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,602	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,708	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,818	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,918	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,023	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,132	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,246	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,364	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,486	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,613	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,744	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,879	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,019	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	6,163	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	6,312	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	6,461	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,611	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,761	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,910	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.

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