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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	Albania	Burkina Faso	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	11,075	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	11,405	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	11,828	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	12,380	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	12,829	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	13,178	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	13,540	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	13,917	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	14,309	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	14,722	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	15,152	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	15,600	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	16,064	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	16,563	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	17,072	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	17,575	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	18,094	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	18,621	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	19,157	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	19,698	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	20,242	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	20,788	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	21,336	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	21,889	1,456

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, Albania, Burkina Faso, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.