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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	Cameroon	Sudan	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	26,168	273
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	26,771	274
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	27,387	275
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	28,017	276
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	28,662	278
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	29,321	279
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	29,996	280
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	30,686	281
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	31,393	282
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	32,137	283
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	33,078	285
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	33,891	286
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	34,568	287
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	35,293	288
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	36,093	289
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	37,058	290
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	38,165	291
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	39,294	291
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	40,512	292
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	41,764	293
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	42,952	294
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	44,121	294
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	45,290	295
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	46,498	295

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 Cameroon, Sudan, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.