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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	Central African Republic	Djibouti
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	3,889	646
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	3,980	669
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	4,054	693
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	4,128	716
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	4,215	691
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	4,289	657
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	4,363	666
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	4,449	679
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	4,544	694
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	4,641	709
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	4,742	725
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	4,845	741
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	4,950	757
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	5,057	774
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	5,167	792
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	5,278	810
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	5,392	828
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	5,507	847
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	5,625	865
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	5,745	884
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	5,874	898
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	6,025	912
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	6,154	924
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	6,291	937

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, Central African Republic, Djibouti; the database as a whole is cited above.