Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Benin	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	6,461	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	6,677	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	6,902	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	7,130	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	7,360	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	7,589	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	7,838	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	8,089	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	8,335	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	8,603	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	8,884	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	9,179	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	9,486	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	9,805	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	10,135	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	10,480	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	10,842	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	11,220	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	11,613	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	12,018	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	12,370	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	12,725	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	13,081	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	13,439	167

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, Benin, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.