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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	Bahrain
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	633
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	648
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	665
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	707
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	773
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	839
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	907
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	974
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	1,043
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	1,096
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	1,133
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	1,168
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	1,202
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	1,236
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	1,268
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	1,301
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	1,333
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	1,365
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	1,396
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	1,428
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	1,459
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	1,489
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	1,511
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	1,521

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.

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