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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	Moldova	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	4,244	78
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	4,199	79
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	4,154	80
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	4,108	81
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	4,059	82
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	4,013	83
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	3,966	84
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	3,919	85
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	3,873	86
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	3,829	87
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	3,788	87
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	3,748	88
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	3,709	89
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	3,671	90
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	3,633	91
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	3,595	92
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	3,558	92
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	3,522	93
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	3,485	94
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	3,448	95
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	3,412	96
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	3,376	97
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	3,339	98
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	3,570	98

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, Moldova, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.