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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	El Salvador	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,767	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,825	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,856	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,869	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,880	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,888	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,899	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,906	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,911	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,934	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,954	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,967	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,984	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,033	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,121	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,179	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,205	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,248	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	6,304	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	6,368	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	6,372	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,385	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,407	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,429	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, El Salvador, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.