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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	Cape Verde	Barbados	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	422	273	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	430	274	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	438	275	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	447	276	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	455	278	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	463	279	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	471	280	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	478	281	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	486	282	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	494	283	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	501	285	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	509	286	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	516	287	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	524	288	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	531	289	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	539	290	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	546	291	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	553	291	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	562	292	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	568	293	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	574	294	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	580	294	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	585	295	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	590	295	6,291

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 Cape Verde, Barbados, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.