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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	Bangladesh	Burkina Faso	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	11,075	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	11,405	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	11,828	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	12,380	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	12,829	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	13,178	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	13,540	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	13,917	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	14,309	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	14,722	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	15,152	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	15,600	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	16,064	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	16,563	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	17,072	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	17,575	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	18,094	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	18,621	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	19,157	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	19,698	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	20,242	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	20,788	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	21,336	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	21,889	55,924

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

Kenya

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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