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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	Colombia	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	38,365	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	38,911	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	39,411	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	39,918	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	40,416	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	40,899	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	41,374	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	41,862	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	42,324	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	42,781	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	43,264	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	43,771	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	44,225	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	44,660	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	45,081	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	45,846	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	46,290	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	46,796	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	47,385	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	48,222	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	49,326	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	50,283	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	50,978	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	51,332	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

Colombia

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978

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