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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	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	5,042

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

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