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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	Burkina Faso	Albania	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	3,085	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	3,065	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	3,047	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	3,038	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	3,026	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	3,014	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	2,998	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	2,979	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	2,957	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	2,934	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	2,915	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	2,900	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	2,892	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	2,888	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	2,882	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	2,876	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	2,868	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	2,863	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	2,861	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	2,854	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	2,842	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	2,825	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	2,799	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	2,787	590

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, Burkina Faso, Albania, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.