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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	Montenegro
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,257	623
Dec 31, 2000	274	46,958	623
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,820	623
Dec 31, 2002	276	48,480	622
Dec 31, 2003	278	48,951	621
Dec 31, 2004	279	49,478	621
Dec 31, 2005	280	50,054	621
Dec 31, 2006	281	50,667	620
Dec 31, 2007	282	51,339	620
Dec 31, 2008	283	52,077	621
Dec 31, 2009	285	52,862	622
Dec 31, 2010	286	53,682	623
Dec 31, 2011	287	54,518	622
Dec 31, 2012	288	55,356	622
Dec 31, 2013	289	56,215	622
Dec 31, 2014	290	57,075	621
Dec 31, 2015	291	57,947	620
Dec 31, 2016	291	58,830	618
Dec 31, 2017	292	59,715	616
Dec 31, 2018	293	60,595	614
Dec 31, 2019	294	61,469	613
Dec 31, 2020	294	62,355	612
Dec 31, 2021	295	62,900	611
Dec 31, 2022	295	63,382	610

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

Montenegro

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.