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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	Belarus	Burkina Faso	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,064	11,075	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,034	11,405	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,000	11,828	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	276	9,955	12,380	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	278	9,905	12,829	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	279	9,856	13,178	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,807	13,540	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,764	13,917	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,734	14,309	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,713	14,722	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,697	15,152	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,681	15,600	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,662	16,064	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,643	16,563	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,624	17,072	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,605	17,575	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,585	18,094	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,564	18,621	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	292	9,542	19,157	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,519	19,698	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,495	20,242	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,469	20,788	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,442	21,336	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,400	21,889	3,228

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, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.