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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Jamaica
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	2,643
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	2,670
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	2,694
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	2,707
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	2,709
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	2,711
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	2,711
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	2,710
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	2,708
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	2,705
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	2,702
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	2,697
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	2,692
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	2,686
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	2,682
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	2,678
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	2,675
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	2,674
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	2,673
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	2,673
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	2,674
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	2,675
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	2,676
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.