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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	Senegal	Jamaica
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,070	2,643
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,305	2,670
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,576	2,694
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,864	2,707
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,172	2,709
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,498	2,711
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,839	2,711
Dec 31, 2006	281	12,204	2,710
Dec 31, 2007	282	12,584	2,708
Dec 31, 2008	283	12,978	2,705
Dec 31, 2009	285	13,382	2,702
Dec 31, 2010	286	13,794	2,697
Dec 31, 2011	287	14,226	2,692
Dec 31, 2012	288	14,668	2,686
Dec 31, 2013	289	15,121	2,682
Dec 31, 2014	290	15,589	2,678
Dec 31, 2015	291	16,066	2,675
Dec 31, 2016	291	16,549	2,674
Dec 31, 2017	292	17,044	2,673
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,535	2,673
Dec 31, 2019	294	18,021	2,674
Dec 31, 2020	294	18,518	2,675
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,016	2,676
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,512	2,676

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

Jamaica

1850 - 1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)

No separate list is published for Barbados, Senegal; the database as a whole is cited above.