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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	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,007	11,075	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,177	11,405	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,351	11,828	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,529	12,380	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,711	12,829	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,895	13,178	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,081	13,540	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,268	13,917	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,457	14,309	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,647	14,722	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,836	15,152	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,024	15,600	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,211	16,064	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,397	16,563	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,581	17,072	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,763	17,575	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,942	18,094	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,118	18,621	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,289	19,157	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,456	19,698	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,621	20,242	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,775	20,788	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,917	21,336	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	12,060	21,889	2,559

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

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, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.