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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	Belarus
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	10,064
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	10,034
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	10,000
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	9,955
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	9,905
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	9,856
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	9,807
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	9,764
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	9,734
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	9,713
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	9,697
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	9,681
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	9,662
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	9,643
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	9,624
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	9,605
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	9,585
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	9,564
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	9,542
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	9,519
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	9,495
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	9,469
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	9,442
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	9,400

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