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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	Bulgaria	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,091	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,052	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,798	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,755	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,710	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,668	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,628	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,587	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,549	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,513	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,475	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,425	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,242	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,200	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,160	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,119	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	7,074	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,024	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	6,973	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	6,923	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	6,874	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,833	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,778	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,720	21,889

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

Bulgaria

1892-1945: Ivanov, M. (2006). “Bulgarian National Income between 1892 and 1924,” Bulgarian National Discussion Papers DP/54/2006

No separate list is published for Barbados, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.