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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	Chad	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,559	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,821	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,092	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,395	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,763	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	279	9,191	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,594	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,967	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,338	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,728	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	285	11,139	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	286	11,550	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,983	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	288	12,427	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	289	12,895	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	290	13,379	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	13,823	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	291	14,277	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	292	14,765	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	293	15,252	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	294	15,750	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	294	16,257	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	295	16,776	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	295	17,307	2,048

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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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