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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	Madagascar	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	15,259	273
Dec 31, 2000	15,707	274
Dec 31, 2001	16,162	275
Dec 31, 2002	16,631	276
Dec 31, 2003	17,114	278
Dec 31, 2004	17,610	279
Dec 31, 2005	18,120	280
Dec 31, 2006	18,641	281
Dec 31, 2007	19,173	282
Dec 31, 2008	19,717	283
Dec 31, 2009	20,272	285
Dec 31, 2010	20,837	286
Dec 31, 2011	21,413	287
Dec 31, 2012	21,999	288
Dec 31, 2013	22,593	289
Dec 31, 2014	23,196	290
Dec 31, 2015	23,806	291
Dec 31, 2016	24,423	291
Dec 31, 2017	25,044	292
Dec 31, 2018	25,671	293
Dec 31, 2019	26,302	294
Dec 31, 2020	26,936	294
Dec 31, 2021	27,573	295
Dec 31, 2022	28,237	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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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 Madagascar, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.