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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	Paraguay	Dominica
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	5,366	70
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	5,473	71
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	5,579	71
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	5,683	72
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	5,786	72
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	5,886	72
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	5,984	72
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	6,080	72
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	6,173	72
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	6,264	73
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	6,352	73
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	6,438	73
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	6,522	73
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	6,605	73
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	6,688	73
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	6,769	73
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	6,850	74
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	6,930	74
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	7,012	74
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	7,095	74
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	7,179	75
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	7,263	75
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	7,348	76
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	7,432	76

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, Paraguay, Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.