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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	El Salvador
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	5,767
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	5,825
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	5,856
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	5,869
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	5,880
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	5,888
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	5,899
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	5,906
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	5,911
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	5,934
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	5,954
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	5,967
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	5,984
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	6,033
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	6,121
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	6,179
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	6,205
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	6,248
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	6,304
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	6,368
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	6,372
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	6,385
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	6,407
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	6,429

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, El Salvador; the database as a whole is cited above.