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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	Yemen	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	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, Yemen, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.