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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	Benin	Burkina Faso	Lithuania
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,461	11,075	3,419
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,677	11,405	3,395
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,902	11,828	3,367
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,130	12,380	3,340
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,360	12,829	3,313
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,589	13,178	3,276
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,838	13,540	3,223
Dec 31, 2006	281	8,089	13,917	3,172
Dec 31, 2007	282	8,335	14,309	3,134
Dec 31, 2008	283	8,603	14,722	3,102
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,884	15,152	3,068
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,179	15,600	3,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,486	16,064	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,805	16,563	2,898
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,135	17,072	2,869
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,480	17,575	2,844
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,842	18,094	2,818
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,220	18,621	2,782
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,613	19,157	2,744
Dec 31, 2018	293	12,018	19,698	2,718
Dec 31, 2019	294	12,370	20,242	2,710
Dec 31, 2020	294	12,725	20,788	2,711
Dec 31, 2021	295	13,081	21,336	2,724
Dec 31, 2022	295	13,439	21,889	2,748

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, Benin, Burkina Faso, Lithuania; the database as a whole is cited above.