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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	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,101	11,075	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,284	11,405	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,458	11,828	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,613	12,380	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,754	12,829	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,882	13,178	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,000	13,540	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,532	13,917	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,623	14,309	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,277	14,722	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,164	15,152	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	286	8,152	15,600	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	287	8,438	16,064	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,747	16,563	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,077	17,072	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,321	17,575	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,461	18,094	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,587	18,621	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	292	9,699	19,157	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,796	19,698	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,879	20,242	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,953	20,788	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,018	21,336	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,099	21,889	7,169

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, Libya; the database as a whole is cited above.