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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	Bolivia	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,007	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,177	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,351	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,529	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,711	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,895	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,081	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,268	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,457	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,647	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,836	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,024	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,211	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,397	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,581	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,763	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,942	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,118	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,289	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,456	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,621	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,775	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,917	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	12,060	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

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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