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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	Jamaica
Dec 31, 1999	15,259	2,643
Dec 31, 2000	15,707	2,670
Dec 31, 2001	16,162	2,694
Dec 31, 2002	16,631	2,707
Dec 31, 2003	17,114	2,709
Dec 31, 2004	17,610	2,711
Dec 31, 2005	18,120	2,711
Dec 31, 2006	18,641	2,710
Dec 31, 2007	19,173	2,708
Dec 31, 2008	19,717	2,705
Dec 31, 2009	20,272	2,702
Dec 31, 2010	20,837	2,697
Dec 31, 2011	21,413	2,692
Dec 31, 2012	21,999	2,686
Dec 31, 2013	22,593	2,682
Dec 31, 2014	23,196	2,678
Dec 31, 2015	23,806	2,675
Dec 31, 2016	24,423	2,674
Dec 31, 2017	25,044	2,673
Dec 31, 2018	25,671	2,673
Dec 31, 2019	26,302	2,674
Dec 31, 2020	26,936	2,675
Dec 31, 2021	27,573	2,676
Dec 31, 2022	28,237	2,676

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

Jamaica

1850 - 1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)

No separate list is published for Madagascar; the database as a whole is cited above.