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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	Guatemala
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	11,487
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	11,728
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	11,968
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	12,258
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	12,556
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	12,873
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	13,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	13,517
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	13,828
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	14,139
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	14,452
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	14,769
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	15,088
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	15,405
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	15,719
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	16,030
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	16,337
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	16,636
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	16,929
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	17,223
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	17,518
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	17,812
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	18,106
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	18,348

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