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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	China	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	1,248,899	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	1,258,401	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	1,267,178	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	1,275,379	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	1,283,064	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	1,290,620	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	1,298,245	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	1,305,116	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	1,311,877	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	1,318,559	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	1,324,993	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	1,331,357	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	1,339,549	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	1,349,537	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	1,357,520	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	1,366,654	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	1,373,406	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	1,382,401	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	1,390,136	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	1,395,398	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	1,400,035	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	1,402,060	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	1,402,537	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	1,401,693	46,498

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

China

1000-1661: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
1661–1933: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
1661–1933: Xu, Y. Z. Shi, B. van Leeuwen, Y Ni, Z Zhang, and Y Ma, (2016) 'Chinese National Income, ca. 1661-1933', Australian Economic History Review 57(3), 368–393
1952–2008: Wu, Harry X. (2014), “China’s growth and productivity performance debate revisited – Accounting for China’s sources of growth with a new data set” The Conference Board Economics Program Working Paper Series EWP#14-01.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Burkina Faso, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.