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	Yemen	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	16,728	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	17,236	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	17,762	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	18,310	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	18,855	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	19,410	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	20,000	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	20,611	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	21,236	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	21,878	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	22,533	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	23,195	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	23,880	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	24,594	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	25,311	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	26,020	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	26,698	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	27,347	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	27,985	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	28,608	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	29,216	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	29,811	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	30,399	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	31,058	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, Yemen, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.