Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Senegal	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	10,070	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	10,305	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	10,576	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	10,864	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	11,172	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	11,498	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	11,839	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	12,204	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	12,584	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	12,978	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	13,382	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	13,794	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	14,226	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	14,668	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	15,121	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	15,589	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	16,066	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	16,549	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	17,044	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	17,535	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	18,021	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	18,518	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	19,016	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	19,512	167

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, Senegal, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.