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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	Burundi	Burkina Faso	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,128	11,075	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,282	11,405	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,466	11,828	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,670	12,380	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,897	12,829	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,167	13,178	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,439	13,540	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,709	13,917	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,991	14,309	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	283	8,318	14,722	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,741	15,152	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,140	15,600	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,440	16,064	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,748	16,563	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,069	17,072	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,380	17,575	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,577	18,094	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	291	10,721	18,621	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,955	19,157	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,229	19,698	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,602	20,242	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,987	20,788	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	295	12,384	21,336	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	295	12,795	21,889	1,330

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, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.