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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	Afghanistan	Burkina Faso	Namibia
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	11,075	1,841
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	11,405	1,893
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	11,828	1,945
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	12,380	1,981
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	12,829	2,008
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	13,178	2,034
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	13,540	2,060
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	13,917	2,086
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	14,309	2,113
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	14,722	2,141
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	15,152	2,170
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	15,600	2,201
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	16,064	2,232
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	16,563	2,268
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	17,072	2,312
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	17,575	2,360
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	18,094	2,408
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	18,621	2,456
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	19,157	2,505
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	19,698	2,554
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	20,242	2,602
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	20,788	2,651
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	21,336	2,700
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	21,889	2,739

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 Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Namibia; the database as a whole is cited above.