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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	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	273	78,394	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	274	79,472	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	275	80,546	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,637	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	278	82,720	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	279	83,821	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	280	84,942	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	281	86,036	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	282	87,136	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	283	88,253	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	285	89,373	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	286	90,481	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	287	91,591	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	288	92,720	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	289	93,883	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	290	95,055	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	291	96,222	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	97,380	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	292	98,507	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	99,604	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	294	100,695	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,771	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	295	102,815	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	295	103,574	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, Vietnam, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.