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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	Poland	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	38,358	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	38,344	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	38,339	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	38,320	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	38,283	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	38,268	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	38,249	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	38,220	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	38,204	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	38,204	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	38,572	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	38,606	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	38,615	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	38,623	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	38,591	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	38,573	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	38,544	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	38,516	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	38,511	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	38,502	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	38,475	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	38,443	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	38,250	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	37,914	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

Poland

1409–1913: Malinowski, M. and Van Zanden (2017), “National income and its distribution in preindustrial Poland in a global perspective” Cliometrica, Volume 11, Issue 3, pp 375–40
1913-1929: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1929-1938: K. Laski, Akumulacja i spozycie w procesie uprzemyslowienia Polski Ludowej, Ksiazka i Wiedza, Warsaw, 1956, pp. 86-90
1937-1950: T.P. Alton (1970), p. 46,

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