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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	Pakistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	3,085	141,497
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	3,065	145,759
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	3,047	150,448
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	3,038	154,585
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	3,026	158,209
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	3,014	161,556
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	2,998	165,075
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	2,979	168,846
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	2,957	172,882
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	2,934	176,809
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	2,915	180,690
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	2,900	184,989
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	2,892	189,314
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	2,888	193,569
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	2,882	197,994
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	2,876	202,387
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	2,868	206,716
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	2,863	210,929
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	2,861	215,276
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	2,854	219,927
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	2,842	224,604
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	2,825	229,276
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	2,799	233,942
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	2,787	238,413

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, Pakistan; the database as a whole is cited above.