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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	Nigeria
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	121,649
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	125,014
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	128,513
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	132,165
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	135,971
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	139,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	143,914
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	148,019
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	152,195
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	156,434
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	160,751
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	165,142
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	169,607
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	174,142
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	178,737
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	183,362
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	187,979
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	192,594
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	197,417
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	202,498
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	207,699
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	213,021
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	218,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	223,735

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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Barbados, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.