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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	Australia	Burkina Faso	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	18,692	11,075	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	18,907	11,405	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,151	11,828	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	19,371	12,380	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	19,595	12,829	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,805	13,178	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,048	13,540	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,320	13,917	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	20,694	14,309	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,113	14,722	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,553	15,152	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,891	15,600	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	22,197	16,064	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,588	16,563	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,980	17,072	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,326	17,575	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	23,664	18,094	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,036	18,621	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	24,445	19,157	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	24,823	19,698	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	25,204	20,242	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	25,529	20,788	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	25,574	21,336	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	25,826	21,889	46,498

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

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

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