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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	Argentina	Burkina Faso	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	36,924	11,075	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	37,336	11,405	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	37,714	11,828	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	38,079	12,380	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	38,438	12,829	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	38,800	13,178	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	39,171	13,540	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	39,556	13,917	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	39,947	14,309	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	40,343	14,722	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	40,736	15,152	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	41,401	15,600	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	41,881	16,064	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	42,360	16,563	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	42,836	17,072	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	43,310	17,575	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	43,779	18,094	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	44,245	18,621	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	44,706	19,157	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	45,162	19,698	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	45,613	20,242	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	46,058	20,788	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	46,496	21,336	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,736	21,889	167

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

Argentina

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1900: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P
1900-1913: Unpublished annual estimates supplied by ECLA/CONADE. and quinquennial averages published in El Desarrollo Económico de la Argentina, ECLA, Mexico, 1959, p. 15;
1913-1950: IEERAL, "Estadísticas de la evolución económica de Argentina, 1913-84", Estudios, Buenos Aires, July-September, 1986.

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