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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	South Africa	Croatia
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,257	4,377
Dec 31, 2000	274	46,958	4,334
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,820	4,171
Dec 31, 2002	276	48,480	4,176
Dec 31, 2003	278	48,951	4,176
Dec 31, 2004	279	49,478	4,179
Dec 31, 2005	280	50,054	4,182
Dec 31, 2006	281	50,667	4,183
Dec 31, 2007	282	51,339	4,183
Dec 31, 2008	283	52,077	4,181
Dec 31, 2009	285	52,862	4,177
Dec 31, 2010	286	53,682	4,167
Dec 31, 2011	287	54,518	4,154
Dec 31, 2012	288	55,356	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	289	56,215	4,126
Dec 31, 2014	290	57,075	4,109
Dec 31, 2015	291	57,947	4,081
Dec 31, 2016	291	58,830	4,047
Dec 31, 2017	292	59,715	4,006
Dec 31, 2018	293	60,595	3,968
Dec 31, 2019	294	61,469	3,945
Dec 31, 2020	294	62,355	3,925
Dec 31, 2021	295	62,900	3,839
Dec 31, 2022	295	63,382	3,790

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.

All data sources

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

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

Croatia

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

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