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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	Lithuania	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	3,419	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	3,395	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	3,367	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	3,340	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	3,313	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	3,276	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	3,223	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	3,172	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	3,134	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	3,102	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	3,068	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	3,004	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	2,937	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	2,898	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	2,869	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	2,844	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	2,818	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	2,782	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	2,744	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	2,718	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	2,710	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	2,711	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	2,724	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	2,748	220

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, Lithuania, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.