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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	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	2,048

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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.