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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	Estonia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	422	1,378	273
Dec 31, 2000	430	1,400	274
Dec 31, 2001	438	1,391	275
Dec 31, 2002	447	1,382	276
Dec 31, 2003	455	1,374	278
Dec 31, 2004	463	1,365	279
Dec 31, 2005	471	1,357	280
Dec 31, 2006	478	1,349	281
Dec 31, 2007	486	1,341	282
Dec 31, 2008	494	1,337	283
Dec 31, 2009	501	1,334	285
Dec 31, 2010	509	1,332	286
Dec 31, 2011	516	1,328	287
Dec 31, 2012	524	1,324	288
Dec 31, 2013	531	1,319	289
Dec 31, 2014	539	1,314	290
Dec 31, 2015	546	1,312	291
Dec 31, 2016	553	1,314	291
Dec 31, 2017	562	1,314	292
Dec 31, 2018	568	1,318	293
Dec 31, 2019	574	1,323	294
Dec 31, 2020	580	1,327	294
Dec 31, 2021	585	1,329	295
Dec 31, 2022	590	1,330	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 Cape Verde, Estonia, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.