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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	Ethiopia	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	63,575	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	65,213	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	66,889	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	68,649	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	70,491	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	72,389	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	74,327	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	76,326	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	78,411	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	80,564	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	82,787	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	85,096	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	87,530	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	90,066	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	92,632	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	95,337	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	98,114	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	100,858	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	103,654	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	106,466	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	109,267	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	112,100	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	114,964	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	117,924	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

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