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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	Tanzania	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	273	32,912	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	274	33,953	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	275	34,974	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	276	36,021	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	278	37,100	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	279	38,167	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	280	39,262	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	281	40,387	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	282	41,557	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	283	42,741	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	285	43,889	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	286	45,132	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,531	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	288	47,965	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	289	49,437	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,965	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	291	52,604	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	54,336	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	292	56,062	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	57,765	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,465	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	294	61,191	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	295	62,944	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	295	64,835	29,417

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, Tanzania, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.