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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	Gambia
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	1,320
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	1,357
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	1,393
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	1,431
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	1,469
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	1,508
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	1,548
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	1,589
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	1,630
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	1,671
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	1,713
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	1,755
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	1,798
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	1,840
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	1,883
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	1,926
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	1,968
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	2,010
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	2,051
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	2,093
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	2,147
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	2,203
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	2,260
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	2,316

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.

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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, Gambia; the database as a whole is cited above.