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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	Estonia	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	1,378	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	1,400	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	1,391	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	1,382	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	1,374	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	1,365	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	1,357	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	1,349	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	1,341	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	1,337	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	1,334	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	1,332	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	1,328	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	1,324	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	1,319	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	1,314	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	1,312	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	1,314	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	1,314	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	1,318	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	1,323	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	1,327	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	1,329	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	1,330	590

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, Estonia, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.