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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	Barbados	United Arab Emirates	Burkina Faso	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,101	11,075	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,284	11,405	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,458	11,828	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,613	12,380	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,754	12,829	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,882	13,178	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,000	13,540	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,532	13,917	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,623	14,309	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,277	14,722	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,164	15,152	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	286	8,152	15,600	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	8,438	16,064	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,747	16,563	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,077	17,072	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,321	17,575	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,461	18,094	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,587	18,621	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	292	9,699	19,157	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,796	19,698	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,879	20,242	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,953	20,788	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,018	21,336	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,099	21,889	7,387

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.

All data sources

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 Barbados, United Arab Emirates, Burkina Faso, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.