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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	Sudan	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	26,168	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	26,771	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	27,387	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	28,017	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	28,662	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	29,321	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	29,996	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	30,686	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	31,393	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	32,137	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	33,078	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	33,891	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	34,568	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	35,293	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	36,093	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	37,058	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	38,165	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	39,294	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	40,512	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	41,764	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	42,952	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	44,121	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	45,290	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	46,498	3,570

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