Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Morocco	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	28,400	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	28,744	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	29,094	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	29,447	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	29,806	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	30,169	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	30,552	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	30,953	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	31,354	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	31,754	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	32,154	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	32,553	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	32,951	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	33,346	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	33,737	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	34,124	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	34,511	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	34,898	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	35,279	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	35,653	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	36,018	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	36,375	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	36,723	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	37,101	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, Morocco, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.