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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	Afghanistan	Burkina Faso	Russia
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,206	11,075	147,218
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,461	11,405	146,600
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,507	11,828	145,980
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,600	12,380	145,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,005	12,829	144,652
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,698	13,178	144,071
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,335	13,540	143,522
Dec 31, 2006	281	27,154	13,917	143,053
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,387	14,309	142,809
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,706	14,722	142,746
Dec 31, 2009	285	28,484	15,152	142,789
Dec 31, 2010	286	29,121	15,600	142,853
Dec 31, 2011	287	29,758	16,064	142,964
Dec 31, 2012	288	30,420	16,563	143,205
Dec 31, 2013	289	31,108	17,072	143,510
Dec 31, 2014	290	31,823	17,575	146,094
Dec 31, 2015	291	32,564	18,094	146,410
Dec 31, 2016	291	33,332	18,621	146,678
Dec 31, 2017	292	34,125	19,157	146,846
Dec 31, 2018	293	34,941	19,698	146,834
Dec 31, 2019	294	35,972	20,242	146,768
Dec 31, 2020	294	37,034	20,788	146,463
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,127	21,336	145,849
Dec 31, 2022	295	39,252	21,889	146,693

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

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Afghanistan, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.