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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	Sudan	Barbados	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	26,168	273	422
Dec 31, 2000	26,771	274	430
Dec 31, 2001	27,387	275	438
Dec 31, 2002	28,017	276	447
Dec 31, 2003	28,662	278	455
Dec 31, 2004	29,321	279	463
Dec 31, 2005	29,996	280	471
Dec 31, 2006	30,686	281	478
Dec 31, 2007	31,393	282	486
Dec 31, 2008	32,137	283	494
Dec 31, 2009	33,078	285	501
Dec 31, 2010	33,891	286	509
Dec 31, 2011	34,568	287	516
Dec 31, 2012	35,293	288	524
Dec 31, 2013	36,093	289	531
Dec 31, 2014	37,058	290	539
Dec 31, 2015	38,165	291	546
Dec 31, 2016	39,294	291	553
Dec 31, 2017	40,512	292	562
Dec 31, 2018	41,764	293	568
Dec 31, 2019	42,952	294	574
Dec 31, 2020	44,121	294	580
Dec 31, 2021	45,290	295	585
Dec 31, 2022	46,498	295	590

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