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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	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,070	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,305	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,576	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,864	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,172	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,498	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,839	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	281	12,204	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	12,584	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	283	12,978	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	285	13,382	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	286	13,794	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	287	14,226	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	288	14,668	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	289	15,121	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	290	15,589	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	291	16,066	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	291	16,549	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	292	17,044	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,535	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	294	18,021	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	294	18,518	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,016	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,512	2,059

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, Senegal, Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.