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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	Vietnam	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	78,394	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	79,472	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	80,546	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,637	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	82,720	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	83,821	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	84,942	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	86,036	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	87,136	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	88,253	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	89,373	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	90,481	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	91,591	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	92,720	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	93,883	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	95,055	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	96,222	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	97,380	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	98,507	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	99,604	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	100,695	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,771	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	102,815	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	103,574	6,291

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, Vietnam, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.